曾经沧海 Save Sign in to save words Traditional (Taiwan): 曾經滄海 céngjīngcānghǎi ㄘㄥˊ ㄐㄧㄥ ㄘㄤ ㄏㄞˇ lit. having crossed the vast ocean (idiom) fig. widely experienced in the vicissitudes of life Character by character 曾(céng)once 经(jīng)surname Jing 沧(cāng)(of water, esp. the ocean) deep blue-green 海(hǎi)surname Hai A Chinese word or character, or English Search Sources CC-CEDICT, CC BY-SA 4.0 pinyinjs, Apache-2.0