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沧海桑田
cānghǎi-sāngtián
Description
这个成语的意思是世界变化很大，就像大海变成田地，田地变成大海一样。
This idiom means the world changes greatly, like the sea turning into fields and fields turning into the sea.
人们用它来说明时间过去很久，很多东西都不一样了。
People use it to show that a long time has passed and many things have changed.
Meanings
沧海桑田cānghǎi-sāngtián
great changes over time; the world has changed a lot
几十年过去了，这里沧海桑田，变化太大了。
Decades have passed, and this place has changed drastically.
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Notes
- Etymology
沧海 (blue sea) + 桑田 (mulberry fields); the sea becoming farmland pictures huge change.
- Nuance
often used with nostalgia when revisiting places changed after many years.
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