沧桑 (滄桑)
cāng sāng
Pinyin

Definition

沧桑 (滄桑)
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cāng sāng
  1. great changes
  2. ups and downs
  3. vicissitudes
  4. abbr. of 滄海桑田|沧海桑田[cāng hǎi sāng tián]

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

桑拿
sāng ná
  1. 1 sauna (loanword)
沧桑
cāng sāng
  1. 1 great changes
  2. 2 ups and downs
  3. 3 vicissitudes
  4. 4 abbr. of 滄海桑田|沧海桑田[cāng hǎi sāng tián]
亚利桑那
Yà lì sāng nà
  1. 1 Arizona
亚利桑那州
Yà lì sāng nà zhōu
  1. 1 Arizona
哈桑
Hā sāng
  1. 1 Hassan (person name)
  2. 2 Hassan District

Idioms (4)

失之东隅，收之桑榆
shī zhī dōng yú , shōu zhī sāng yú
  1. 1 to lose at sunrise but gain at sunset (idiom)
  2. 2 to compensate later for one's earlier loss
  3. 3 what you lose on the swings you gain on the roundabouts
指桑骂槐
zhǐ sāng mà huái
  1. 1 lit. to point at the mulberry tree and curse the locust tree
  2. 2 fig. to scold sb indirectly
  3. 3 to make oblique accusations (idiom)
渤澥桑田
bó xiè sāng tián
  1. 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. 2 life's vicissitudes
沧海桑田
cāng hǎi sāng tián
  1. 1 lit. the blue sea turned into mulberry fields (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. the transformations of the world

Sample Sentences

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。
shǔ dōu shǔ bùqīng le ，xīnguānshàngrènsānbǎhuǒ ，tā niánjì qīngqīng ，què xióngxīnbóbó ，jiù lián wǒ zhè ge “bǎojīng cāngsāng ”de lǎo yuángōng ，yě hěn nán xiétiáo hǎo shíjiān ne 。
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.
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因为爱情，怎么会有沧桑，
yīnwèi àiqíng ，zénme huì yǒu cāngsāng ，
Because love has the power to make great changes
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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。
āi ，wǒ juéde Xīntiāndì zhèzhǒng lìyòng Shànghǎi de lǎoshì shíkùmén jiànzhù lái gòuzào de yúlè chǎngsuǒ ，suīrán hěnyǒu tèsè ，dàn què shǎo le shíkùmén zuòwéi yīzhǒng mínjū ér bāohán de rénwén qínghuái 。bùguò nàxiē bānbó de qiáng ，shēngxiù de zhàlan ，hēiqī de mùmén ，mó qù yóuqī de shízhù ，āotūbùpíng de lùmiàn ，háishì néng ràng rén tǐhuì dào yīxiē shíkùmén lòngtáng de cāngsāng de 。
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.
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