沧
桑

Great changes in Chinese: 沧桑 (cāng sāng)

cāng sāng

great changes

HSK 3.0 Levels 7-9Traditional: 滄桑1 example sentence

Definitions

  1. 1great changes
  2. 2ups and downs
  3. 3vicissitudes
  4. 4abbr. of 沧海桑田

Stroke order

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沧
桑

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ㄘㄤ

cāng

ㄘ/ cㄤ/ ang—/ first tone

ㄙㄤ

sāng

ㄙ/ sㄤ/ ang—/ first tone

Simplified & traditional

沧桑

Simplified

滄桑

Traditional

Example sentences

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  • 老人的脸上写满了岁月的沧桑。

    lǎo rén de liǎn shàng xiě mǎn le suì yuè de cāng sāng。

    The old man's face was etched with the vicissitudes of time.

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trough

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草坪

cǎo píng

lawn

侧面

cè miàn

lateral side

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