曾经沧海

Traditional form:

曾經滄海

Pinyin (reading):

céngjīngcānghǎi

Definitions:

• lit. having crossed the vast ocean (idiom)
• fig. widely experienced in the vicissitudes of life

Characters:

• 曾 - already, formerly, once; the past
• 经 - the classics; to experience, to undergo
• 沧 - azure, cold, vast (all as of the sea)
• 海 - sea, ocean; maritime

Traditional characters:

• 曾 - already, formerly, once; the past
• 經 - the classics; to experience, to undergo
• 滄 - azure, cold, vast (all as of the sea)
• 海 - sea, ocean; maritime