沧桑
cāng sāng · HSK 7
great changes
🌊🌾 cāng sāng = ocean (沧) + mulberry (桑) — seas become fields
Short for 沧海桑田: the vast ocean turns into mulberry fields. A classical idiom for dramatic transformation over time. The sound 'tsang sang' echoes the rhyme of an old chant about impermanence.