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乘凉

chéng liáng

2-character word Traditional 乘涼

What 乘凉 means

1. to enjoy the cool; to relax in a cool place (esp. in hot weather)

The characters in 乘凉

• 乘chéngto ride; to mount; to make use of
• 凉liángcool; cold

Example sentences

• 西班牙人最爱在晚上外出散散步、乘乘凉。
  Xībānyárén zuì ài zài wǎnshang wàichū sànsànbù, chéng chéngliáng.
  Spaniards love to stroll around in the evening cool.
• 如果人类的物质生活一年比一年富足，蛋糕的推出越来越精致，科技越来越便利，同时没有前人种树就不可能有后人乘凉，那么我便可以肯定“富有”的人生，肯定是由热爱吃苦的前辈，那群带有苦味的食客开创出来的。
  If humanity's material life becomes richer year by year, cakes become more and more elaborate, technology becomes more and more convenient, and at the same time, without earlier generations planting trees, later generations would not be able to enjoy their shade, then I am sure that the "rich" life must've been brought about by our industrious forefathers, those who were unafraid to taste the bitterness of hardship.

Words containing 乘凉

• 大树底下好乘凉dà shù dǐ xià hǎo chéng liánglit. under a big tree the shade is plentiful (idiom)…
• 前人栽树，后人乘凉qián rén zāi shù , hòu rén chéng liángto enjoy the benefits of the hard work of one's predecessors. (idiom)