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渤澥桑田 (but6 haai5 song1 tin4) — meaning, pronunciation, examples

渤澥桑田 (but6 haai5 song1 tin4, bó xiè sāng tián) — lit. blue seas where once was mulberry fields (idiom, from 史記|史记[Shi3 ji4], Record of the Grand Historian); time brings great changes; life's vicissitudes

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beyond HSK

Related words

• 渤 (but6) — same as 渤海 Bó Hǎi [渤海], Bohai Sea between Liaoning and Shandong; Gulf of Zhili …
• 渤海 (but6 hoi2) — Bohai Sea, between Liaoning and Shandong
• 渤海灣 (but6 hoi2 waan1) — Bohai Bay
• 勃然大怒 (but6 jin4 daai6 nou6) — to become very angry
• 撥個輪 (but6 go3 leon4) — to make a phone call
• 撥大葵扇 (but6 daai6 kwai4 sin3) — being a matchmaker

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