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滄桑
简 沧桑 · 繁 滄桑Mandarin · pinyin cāng sāng
Meanings
- great changes
- ups and downs
- vicissitudes
- abbr. of 滄海桑田 cāng hǎi sāng tián
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1–1 · cang1 sang1
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Rime Cantonese 粵拼
cong1 song1
Cantonese word readings for 滄桑. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.
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cong1 song1
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Wiktionary English definitions · Chinese section
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noun
- (figurative) vicissitudes of life; great changes; complete transformations
adj
- having experienced the vicissitudes of life; mature; worldly; sophisticated; suave
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