bó xiè sāng tiándictionary entry
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lit. blue seas where once was mulberry fields (idiom, from 史記|史记[Shǐ jì], Record of the Grand Historian); time brings great changes / life's vicissitudes
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渤澥桑田 渤澥桑田 [bo2 xie4 sang1 tian2] /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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渤澥桑田
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