桑 (桒)
sāng
Pinyin
Definition
桑 (桒)
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- old variant of 桑[sāng]
桑
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- mulberry tree
桑
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- surname Sang
Character Decomposition
Idioms (4)
失之东隅，收之桑榆
- 1 to lose at sunrise but gain at sunset (idiom)
- 2 to compensate later for one's earlier loss
- 3 what you lose on the swings you gain on the roundabouts
指桑骂槐
- 1 lit. to point at the mulberry tree and curse the locust tree
- 2 fig. to scold sb indirectly
- 3 to make oblique accusations (idiom)
渤澥桑田
- 1 lit. blue seas where once was mulberry fields (idiom, from 史記|史记[Shǐ jì], Record of the Grand Historian); time brings great changes
- 2 life's vicissitudes
沧海桑田
- 1 lit. the blue sea turned into mulberry fields (idiom)
- 2 fig. the transformations of the world
Sample Sentences
伊朗总统哈桑 ・ 鲁哈尼称伊朗目前仍遵守该协议，
The Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said his country remained committed to the deal for now,
数都数不清了，新官上任三把火，他年纪轻轻，却雄心勃勃，就连我这个“饱经沧桑”的老员工，也很难协调好时间呢。
Countless times, the new boss is young and ambitious who wants to accomplish major achievements. Even an experienced worker like myself with vicissitudes of life find it hard to adapt and adjust to the time.
第一：当地时间11日，英国伦敦传出一条爆炸性新闻：在厄瓜多尔驻英使馆生活了近7年的“维基揭秘”网站创始人朱利安·阿桑奇被英国警方逮捕。
1: At 11th local time, London, England reported a breaking news: Julian Assange, the founder of WikiLeaks website, who had lived in the embassy of Ecuador for nearly seven years, was arrested by the British police.
分析人士认为，如果阿桑奇被引渡到美国，若就目前指控定罪，可能面临5年监禁，但很可能被追加新的指控。无论如何，阿桑奇的命运早已不在自己的掌握之中。
Analysts believe that if Assange is extradited to the United States, and convicted of the current allegations, he may face five years in prison but he is also likely to be accused of new charges. In any case, Assange’s fate is no longer in his own hands.
11日上午，阿桑奇在众目睽睽之下被英国警方“拖出”位于伦敦市中心的厄瓜多尔大使馆，“塞进”一辆灰色警车。
On 11th morning, the crowd watched Assange “dragged out” by the British police from the Ecuadorian Embassy in central London, and “pushed into” a gray police car.
巴西？那我也要看。巴西美女多，开幕式一定有热情的桑巴舞。开幕式是几号啊？
Brazil? Then I want to watch it. Brazil has a lot of beautiful women. The opening ceremony will definitely have lively samba dancing. What date is the opening ceremony?
尼罗河也被称为世界第一长河。全长6670公里。流经坦桑尼亚、卢旺达、乌干达、埃塞俄比亚、苏丹和埃及等国，穿过世界上面积最大的撒哈拉沙漠，最后流入地中海。流域面积为335万平方公里，相当于非洲大陆面积的九分之一。
The Nile has also been called the world's longest river, at some 6670 kilometers in length. It flows through the countries of Tanzania, Rwanda, Uganda, Ethiopia, Sudan and Egypt, passing through the Sahara Desert - the largest by area in the world, and finally flowing into the Mediterranean Sea. Its watershed covers 3,350,000 square kilometers, equal to 1/9th of the surface of the African Continent.
因为爱情，怎么会有沧桑，
Because love has the power to make great changes
哎，我觉得新天地这种利用上海的老式石库门建筑来构造的娱乐场所，虽然很有特色，但却少了石库门作为一种民居而包含的人文情怀。不过那些斑驳的墙，生锈的栅栏，黑漆的木门，磨去油漆的石柱，凹凸不平的路面，还是能让人体会到一些石库门弄堂的沧桑的。
Oh, I think that though it's very distinctive, architecture like Xin Tian Di that uses old-style shikumen to create entertainment venues loses some of the spirit of humanity that comes from having people living in a place. But those mottled walls, rusty railings, black-lacquered wooden doors, black-painted stone pillars and uneven roads still give you a sense of the big changes in the shikumen.
现在浴场都是一条龙服务，就像一个综合性的休闲场所。除了洗澡，桑拿，还能吃饭，唱歌，打牌，下棋，健身，住宿什么的，应有尽有。
These days bath houses are all-inclusive. They're like comprehensive recreation centers. Other than bathing and saunas, you can eat food, sing songs, play cards, chess, work out, sleep, stay the night. They have everything you could need.