苍鹭 (蒼鷺)
cāng lù
Pinyin
Definition
苍鹭 (蒼鷺)
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- (bird species of China) grey heron (Ardea cinerea)
Character Decomposition
Idioms (6)
暮色苍茫
- 1 the hazy dusk of twilight (idiom)
白衣苍狗
- 1 lit. (cloud shapes) changing from a white shirt to a gray dog (idiom)
- 2 fig. the unpredictable changeability of the world
白云苍狗
- 1 lit. a white cloud transforms into what looks like a gray dog (idiom)
- 2 fig. the unpredictable changeability of the world
皓首苍颜
- 1 white hair and gray sunken cheeks (idiom); decrepit old age
苍松翠柏
- 1 evergreen pine and cypress (idiom); steadfast nobility