沧海 (cāng hǎi) — (literary) the vast blue sea; (figurative) something immense or subject to great change (e.g., in idioms 沧海桑田, 沧海一粟)
Definition
Literary term for 'the vast blue sea', used in writing and idioms like 沧海桑田 ('seas turn to mulberry fields' — great change) and 沧海一粟 ('a drop in the ocean' — something tiny).
noun
(literary) the vast blue sea(figurative) something immense or subject to great change (e.g., in idioms 沧海桑田, 沧海一粟)
Examples
- 著沧海，。Kàn zhù cāng hǎi, tā gǎn dào zì jǐ shí fēn miǎo xiǎo.Looking at the vast sea, he felt himself to be very small.
- ，沧海。Bú dào bǎi nián, zhè lǐ yǐ yóu cāng hǎi biàn wéi sāng tián.In less than a hundred years, this place has gone from a vast ocean to mulberry fields.
- ，沧海。Zài lì shǐ de cháng hé zhōng, gè rén de chéng jiù bú guò cāng hǎi yí sù.In the long river of history, an individual's achievements are but a drop in the ocean.
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