桑田
Meanings
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Refers to a field or plantation where mulberry trees are grown, typically for sericulture (silkworm raising).
Vast mulberry plantations spread across this region.
Expressions
- 桑田滄海the world is ever-changing; vicissitudes of life
- 桑田碧海the world is constantly changing
- 滄海桑田the world is in constant flux; the blue sea turns into a mulberry field
- 桑田変じて滄海となるthe world is in constant flux; mulberry fields turn into blue seas