céng jīng cāng hǎi nán wéi shuǐ , chú què Wū Shān bù shì yún
Traditional: 曾經滄海難為水，除卻巫山不是雲
曾经沧海难为水，除却巫山不是云 (céng jīng cāng hǎi nán wéi shuǐ , chú què Wū Shān bù shì yún) is a Chinese word meaning “there are no rivers to one who has crossed the ocean, and no clouds to one who has passed Mount Wu (idiom); one who has seen the world doesn't stop at small things”.
Meanings
- 1there are no rivers to one who has crossed the ocean, and no clouds to one who has passed Mount Wu (idiom)
- 2one who has seen the world doesn't stop at small things
Characters in 曾经沧海难为水，除却巫山不是云
曾céng · once经jīng · classics沧cāng · (bound form) (of water, esp. the ocean) deep blue-green海hǎi · ocean难nán · difficult (to...)为wéi · as (in the capacity of)水shuǐ · water除chú · to get rid of却què · but巫wū · witch山shān · mountain; hill (CL:座[zuo4])不bù · no; not so是shì · to be (followed by substantives only)云yún · (classical) to say