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Here, we present the idiom 「桑田滄海」. Below, you’ll find its explanation and examples of usage.

Mulberry field: farmland. The sea turns into mulberry fields, and the mulberry fields turn into the sea. It is a metaphor that the world changes a lot.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

sāng tián cāng hǎi

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

song1 tin4 chong1 hoi2

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