滄海変じて桑田となる

Japanese

Kanji in this term
滄 海 変 桑 田
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

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

Idiom

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

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