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渤澥桑田
bóxièsāngtián
1. lit. blue seas where once was mulberry fields (idiom, from [[史記|史记<Shǐjì>]], Record of the Grand Historian); time brings great changes
2. life's vicissitudes

Character Breakdown

渤
bó
swelling; the Bohai sea
12 丶
澥
xiè
gulf; a blocked stream
16 丶
桑
sāng
mulberry tree; surname
HSK 6 10 丶
田
tián
field, farm, arable land; cultivated
HSK 6 5 丶

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