滄海変じて桑田となる

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
そう
Hyōgai
かい
Grade: 2
へん
Grade: 4
そう
Grade: S
でん
Grade: 1
on'yomi
Alternative spelling
滄海變じて桑田となる (kyūjitai)

Etymology

Partial calque of Literary Chinese 滄海桑田 (cānghǎisāngtián, literally the vast sea becoming mulberry fields).

Pronunciation

Idiom

(そう)(かい)(へん)じて(そう)(でん)となる (sōkai henjite sōden to naru

  1. Synonym of 滄海桑田 (sōkaisōden): drastic changes in the world