{"path":"/entry/66261","title":"沧海桑田 / 滄海桑田 (cāng hǎi sāng tián) — Chinese Dictionary | Flashbao","description":"沧海桑田 / 滄海桑田 (cāng hǎi sāng tián): literally the blue sea turned into mulberry fields (idiom). Explore meanings, example sentences and vocabulary decks.","catalog":null,"deck":null,"entry":{"reading":{"id":66261,"orthography":{"forms":{"SIMPLIFIED":["沧海桑田"],"TRADITIONAL":["滄海桑田"]}},"phonetic":"cāng hǎi sāng tián","phoneticKey":"cang1 hai3 sang1 tian2","meanings":{"primary":[{"qualifier":null,"synonyms":[{"segments":[{"dim":false,"runs":[{"kind":"TEXT","text":"literally the blue sea turned into mulberry fields ","orthography":null,"phonetic":null,"phoneticKey":null,"readingId":null}]},{"dim":true,"runs":[{"kind":"TEXT","text":"(idiom)","orthography":null,"phonetic":null,"phoneticKey":null,"readingId":null}]}]}]},{"qualifier":null,"synonyms":[{"segments":[{"dim":false,"runs":[{"kind":"TEXT","text":"figuratively the transformations of the world","orthography":null,"phonetic":null,"phoneticKey":null,"readingId":null}]}]}]}],"additional":[],"notes":[],"variantMeanings":[]},"classifiers":[],"pos":["NOUN","VERB"],"frequency":50255,"grammar":[],"spokenPhonetic":null},"otherReadings":[],"examples":[],"carriedReadings":[],"constructions":[],"status":null,"due":null,"reps":null,"lapses":null,"lastReview":null,"senses":[{"label":null,"relations":[{"kind":"SYNONYM","readingId":66257,"orthography":{"forms":{"SIMPLIFIED":["沧桑"],"TRADITIONAL":["滄桑"]}},"phonetic":"cāng sāng","gloss":{"simplified":"great changes","traditional":null}}],"primary":true}],"origins":[{"literal":"the vast sea (turned into) mulberry fields","content":[{"type":"paragraph","text":{"simplified":"Originally 东海桑田 (literally “East China sea becoming mulberry fields”). From Shenxian Zhuan (神仙傳·麻姑)","traditional":"Originally 東海桑田 (literally “East China sea becoming mulberry fields”). From Shenxian Zhuan (神仙傳·麻姑)"}}],"examples":[{"text":{"simplified":"麻姑自说云：「接待以来，已见东海三为桑田。向到蓬莱，水又浅于往者会时略半也。岂将复还为陵陆乎。」","traditional":"麻姑自說云：「接待以來，已見東海三為桑田。向到蓬萊，水又淺于往者會時略半也。豈將復還為陵陸乎。」"},"phonetic":"Mágū zì shuō yún: “Jiēdài yǐlái, yǐ jiàn Dōnghǎi sān wèi sāngtián. Xiàng dào Pénglái, shuǐ yòu qiǎn yú wǎngzhě huì shí lüè bàn yě. Qǐ jiāng fùhái wèi líng lù hū.”","english":"Magu said: \"Since we met last time, I have seen the East China Sea turned into mulberry fields thrice. When I visited Penglai Island just now, I saw that the water was shallower than half of it was when we met. Is it going to turn into land again?\"","ref":null}],"senseScoped":false}],"decks":[{"id":27,"sourceName":"Chengyu","name":"Chengyu"}],"vocabularyScale":null,"vocabularyLevel":null}}