沧桑 | cāng sāng | great changes; ups and downs; vicissitudes; abbr. of 沧海桑田 | |
沧海桑田 | cāng hǎi sāng tián | lit. the blue sea turned into mulberry fields (idiom); fig. the transformations of the world | |
饱经沧桑 | bǎo jīng cāng sāng | having lived through many changes | |
曾经沧海 | céng jīng cāng hǎi | lit. having crossed the vast ocean (idiom); fig. widely experienced in the vicissitudes of life | |
沧海一粟 | cāng hǎi yī sù | a drop in the ocean (idiom) |