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Chinese Character/Word:
Definition(s) for: 沧海桑田
| Hanzi | Pinyin | Definition(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 沧海桑田 | cāng hǎi sāng tián | - lit. the blue sea turned into mulberry fields (idiom) - fig. the transformations of the world |
List Ranking:
Where rank 1 is most common, and higher numbers are less common.
| HSK 2 Level (2012) | HSK 3 Band (2022) | SUBTLEX-CH | BeijingUni Global | BeijingUni Weibo |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| - | - | 51,663 | 42,797 | 22,247 |
Individual Character Breakdown:
| Simp | Pinyin | Eng |
|---|---|---|
| 沧 | cāng | - (bound form) (of water, esp. the ocean) deep blue-green - (literary) cold |
| 海 | hǎi | - surname Hai |
| 海 | hǎi | - ocean - sea - CL:個|个[ge4],片[pian4] - great number of people or things - (dialect) numerous |
| 桑 | sāng | - surname Sang |
| 桑 | sāng | - (bound form) mulberry tree |
| 桑 | sāng | - old variant of 桑[sang1] |
| 田 | tián | - surname Tian |
| 田 | tián | - field - farm - CL:片[pian4] |
Other Words Containing 沧海桑田
Sorted by the 'SUBTLEX-CH' rank because that seems like the most reliable. Words without a SUBTLEX-CH rank are ignored for being too rare.
| Word | HSK 2 Level (2012) | HSK 3 Band (2022) | SUBTLEX-CH | BeijingUni Global | BeijingUni Weibo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 沧海桑田 | - | - | 51,663 | 42,797 | 22,247 |