沧桑
cāngsāng · great changes; ups and downs; vicissitudes; abbr. of 滄海桑田|沧海桑田[cang1 hai3 sang1 tian2]
Character breakdown
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How to learn 沧桑
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Words with the same characters
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having lived through many changes
桑拿sāngná(loanword) sauna
沧龙cāng lóng(zoology) mosasaur
沧龙科cāng lóng kē(zoology) family Mosasauridae
沧桑感cāng sāng gǎna sense of having been through good times and bad; a weathered and worn look
曾经沧海céng jīng cāng hǎilit. having crossed the vast ocean (idiom); fig. widely experienced in the vicissitudes of life