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沧桑

cāng sāng

HSK 3.0 level 7-9 2-character word Traditional 滄桑

沧桑 (cāng sāng) means "great changes; ups and downs; vicissitudes". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 沧桑 means

1. great changes
2. ups and downs
3. vicissitudes
4. abbr. of {沧海桑田|cāng hǎi sāng tián}

The characters in 沧桑

• 沧cāng(bound form) (of water, esp. the ocean) deep blue-green; (literary) cold
• 桑sāng(bound form) mulberry tree

Words starting with 沧桑

• 沧桑感cāng sāng gǎna sense of having been through good times and bad; a weathered and worn look

Words containing 沧桑

• 饱经沧桑bǎo jīng cāng sānghaving lived through many changes
• 历尽沧桑lì jìn cāng sāngto have been through the hardships of life; to have been through the mill

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