cāng sāng

Traditional: 滄桑

HSK 7–9

沧桑 (cāng sāng) is a Chinese word meaning “great changes; ups and downs; vicissitudes”.

Meanings

  1. 1great changes
  2. 2ups and downs
  3. 3vicissitudes
  4. 4abbr. of 滄海桑田|沧海桑田[cang1 hai3 sang1 tian2]
Part of speech
noun

Characters in 沧桑

沧cāng · (bound form) (of water, esp. the ocean) deep blue-green桑sāng · (bound form) mulberry tree

Related words

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