







高岸成谷,深谷为陵 is a Chinese idiom (chengyu) meaning “High banks become valleys, and deep valleys become hills”. Signifying profound and vast transformations in the world or the reversal of circumstances where things turn into their opposites. Literally, “High banks turn into valleys, deep valleys become hills”.

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Open the tool →高岸成谷,深谷为陵 (gāo àn chéng gǔ , shēn gǔ wéi líng) is a Chinese idiom (chengyu) meaning “High banks become valleys, and deep valleys become hills”.
高岸成谷,深谷为陵 is pronounced gāo àn chéng gǔ , shēn gǔ wéi líng in Mandarin Chinese.
Literally, 高岸成谷,深谷为陵 means “High banks turn into valleys, deep valleys become hills”. It is used to mean “High banks become valleys, and deep valleys become hills”.
谷:两山间的凹处;陵:大山。高岸变成山谷,深谷变为高山。比喻世事变迁巨大或事物在一定条件下向其相反方向转化