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沧 cāng

azure, cold, vast (all as of the sea)

Strokes
7
Level
HSK 6
Radical
氵
Traditional
滄
Type
Picto-phonetic
Made of 氵仓 ⿰氵仓

Memory hint: water

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  1. 他的脸上写满了沧桑。
    Tā de liǎn shàng xiě mǎn le cāngsāng.
    His face is full of the marks of life's hardships.
    he (particle) face on write full (particle) vicissitudes
  2. 经历了这么多沧桑，你还相信爱情吗？
    Jīnglì le zhème duō cāngsāng, nǐ hái xiāngxìn àiqíng ma?
    After going through so much hardship, do you still believe in love?
    experience (particle) this-much vicissitudes, you still believe love (question)
  3. 我们去海边看看，感受一下沧海的辽阔吧。
    Wǒmen qù hǎibiān kànkan, gǎnshòu yíxià cānghǎi de liáokuò ba.
    Let's go to the seaside and feel the vastness of the ocean.
    we go seaside look-look, feel a-bit vast-sea (particle) vastness (suggestion)
  4. 他还年轻，没有经历过什么沧桑。
    Tā hái niánqīng, méiyǒu jīnglì guò shénme cāngsāng.
    He is still young and hasn't experienced much hardship.
    he still young, not-have experience (particle) what vicissitudes
  5. 三十年后再回到故乡，他感慨万分，直叹岁月沧桑。
    Sānshí nián hòu zài huídào gùxiāng, tā gǎnkǎi wànfēn, zhí tàn suìyuè cāngsāng.
    Returning to his hometown thirty years later, he was deeply moved and sighed at how much time had changed everything.
    thirty year after again return-to hometown, he feel-deeply very-much, just sigh years vicissitudes

Words with 沧 (1)