曾经沧海难为水，除却巫山不是云

曾經滄海難為水，除卻巫山不是雲
céngjīngcānghǎinánwéishuǐ,chúquè Wū Shānbùshìyún
  1. there are no rivers to one who has crossed the ocean, and no clouds to one who has passed Mount Wu (idiom)
  2. one who has seen the world doesn't stop at small things

CEDICT

Entry Composition

1 曾经沧海难为水 céngjīngcānghǎinánwéishuǐ been there, done that
2 除却 chúquè
  1. (literary) to take away; to take out; to remove (from consideration)
  2. to take away; to take out; to remove (from consideration)
3 巫山 Wū Shān Mt Wu on the Changjiang River (Yangtze) by the Three Gorges
=4 不是 bùshì
  1. no
  2. is not
  3. not
=4 不是 bùshi fault; blame
=5 云 yún (classical) to say
=5 云 yún cloud

classifier: 朵