桑田変じて滄海となる

Japanese

Kanji in this term
桑 田 変 滄 海
そう
Grade: S 		でん
Grade: 1 		へん
Grade: 4 		そう
Hyōgai 		かい
Grade: 2
on'yomi
Alternative spelling
桑田變じて滄海となる (kyūjitai)

Etymology

Partial calque of Literary Chinese 桑田滄海 (sāngtiáncānghǎi, literally “mulberry fields becoming the vast sea”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [so̞ːde̞ɰ̃ hẽ̞ɲ̟d͡ʑite̞ so̞ːka̠i to̞ na̠ɾɯ̟]

Idiom

桑(そう)田(でん)変(へん)じて滄(そう)海(かい)となる • (sōden henjite sōkai to naru) 

  1. synonym of 桑田滄海 (sōdensōkai): drastic changes in the world
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