桑田滄海

そうでんそうかい

Meanings

1. Expression the world is a scene of constant changes (as a mulberry field changing into a blue sea) (from a Chinese legend)

Kanji

• 桑 mulberry. Read as ソウ.
• 田 rice field. Read as デン.
• 滄 ocean. Read as ソウ.
• 海 sea. Read as カイ.

Word lists

• Yojijukugo (四字熟語)

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