沧海桑田 (滄海桑田) cāng hǎi sāng tián
cāng hǎi sāng tián
set phrase
time brings great changes; life's vicissitudes
Domain: Idiom 成语
Notes: Literally, blue seas where once was mulberry fields
Collocations
- 沧海桑田水 (滄海桑田水) 滄溟水 — Quotations from Chan Master Yuanwu Foguo 圓悟佛果禪師語錄, Scroll 7 — count: 4
- 沧海桑田上 (滄海桑田上) 寺枕滄溟上 — Record of the Teaching and Practices of Siming (Siming Zunzhe Jiao Xing Lu) 四明尊者教行錄, Scroll 6 — count: 4
- 沧海桑田深处 (滄海桑田深處) 滄溟深處立須乾 — The Blue Cliff Record (Biyanlu) 佛果圜悟禪師碧巖錄, Scroll 8 — count: 3
- 尽沧海桑田 (儘滄海桑田) 巨鼇飲盡滄溟水 — Hong Zhi Chan Shi Guang Lu 宏智禪師廣錄, Scroll 1 — count: 3
- 譬如沧海桑田 (譬如滄海桑田) 譬如滄溟上客 — Hong Zhi Chan Shi Guang Lu 宏智禪師廣錄, Scroll 4 — count: 3
- 渡沧海桑田 (渡滄海桑田) 遠渡滄溟 — Mūlasarvāstivādavinayavibhaṅga (Genben Shuo Yiqie You Bu Pi Nai Ye) 根本說一切有部毘奈耶, Scroll 48 — count: 2
- 直下沧海桑田 (直下滄海桑田) 直下滄溟瀝得 — Hong Zhi Chan Shi Guang Lu 宏智禪師廣錄, Scroll 4 — count: 2
- 广沧海桑田 (廣滄海桑田) 滔滔愛水遂廣滄溟 — Fa Yuan Zhu Lin 法苑珠林, Scroll 85 — count: 2
- 到沧海桑田 (到滄海桑田) 待到滄溟日 — Tan Jin Wenji 鐔津文集, Scroll 13 — count: 2
- 竭沧海桑田 (竭滄海桑田) 芥子吸竭滄溟水 — Quotations from Chan Master Yuanwu Foguo 圓悟佛果禪師語錄, Scroll 18 — count: 2