万ばん物ぶつ流る転てん

expression

all things are in flux; everything is constantly changing

A yojijukugo expressing the Buddhist-influenced idea that all phenomena are impermanent and ever-changing. Often used in philosophical or literary contexts.

• 万ばん物ぶつ流る転てんの理りを思おもうと、悩なやみも小ちいさく感かんじられる。

  When you contemplate the principle that all things are in flux, your worries seem smaller.

• 彼かれの作さく品ひんには万ばん物ぶつ流る転てんというテーマが繰くり返かえし現あらわれる。

  The theme of the constant flux of all things appears repeatedly in his works.