Word information
Simplified渤澥桑田
Traditional渤澥桑田
Pinyinbó xiè sāng tián
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渤澥桑田
bó xiè sāng tián · lit. blue seas where once was mulberry fields (idiom, from 史記|史记[Shi3 ji4], Record of the Grand Historian); time brings great changes; life's vicissitudes
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