曾經滄海難為水,除卻巫山不是雲 céng jīng cāng hǎi nán wéi shuǐ , chú què wū shān bù shì yún

one who has seen the world doesn't stop at small things

Word data

HSK Not in HSK
Frequency Unknown

Definitions

  1. 1. one who has seen the world doesn't stop at small things
  2. 2. there are no rivers to one who has crossed the ocean, and no clouds to one who has passed Mount Wu (idiom)

Characters

Character Meaning
ever (in the past); previously
abbr. for economics jīng jì; to pass through
blue-green or azure (of water); vast (of water); cold
ocean; sea; great number of people or things
difficult; difficult (to...); difficulty
for; because of; to
water; liquid; beverage
except; not including; to remove
but; however; yet
shaman; witch; wizard
mountain; hill; anything that resembles a mountain
not; no; (negative prefix)
to be; is; are
cloud; abbr. for Yunnan Province yún nán shěng