尝 (嚐)
cháng
Pinyin
Definition
尝 (嚐)
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- variant of 嘗|尝[cháng]
- to taste
- to experience
Character Decomposition
Related Words (4)
- 1 dilettante
- 2 amateur
- 3 to dabble in
- 4 to flirt with (a topic)
- 1 to dabble and stop (idiom); to dip into
- 2 to attempt half-heartedly
- 3 content with a smattering of knowledge
- 4 also written 淺嘗輒止|浅尝辄止
- 1 lit. to lie on firewood and taste gall (idiom); fig. suffering patiently, but firmly resolved on revenge
Idioms (2)
浅尝辄止
- 1 to dabble and stop (idiom); to dip into
- 2 to attempt half-heartedly
- 3 content with a smattering of knowledge
- 4 also written 淺嘗輒止|浅尝辄止
卧薪尝胆
- 1 lit. to lie on firewood and taste gall (idiom); fig. suffering patiently, but firmly resolved on revenge