lì jìn cāng sāng
to have been through the hardships of life
to have been through the mill
历
lì
old variant of 歷|历[li4]
尽
jìn
to use up
沧
cāng
(bound form) (of water, esp. the ocean) deep blue-green
桑
sāng
(bound form) mulberry tree
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