沙场

沙場

shāchǎng

noun #19,242

Meanings

将军身经百战，驰骋沙场多年。

Jiāngjūn shēnjīngbǎizhàn, chíchěng shāchǎng duōnián.

The general was battle-hardened, having fought on the battlefield for many years.

醉卧沙场君莫笑。

Zuìwòshāchǎngjūnmòxiào.

Drunk on the battlefield, don't laugh at me. (Tang poem)

culture

醉卧沙场君莫笑 is from the famous Tang dynasty poem《凉州词》by Wang Han. It captures the bittersweet mood of soldiers drinking before battle.

memory

沙 (sand) + 场 (field) — ancient battlefields were often sandy desert plains, hence 'sand field' = battlefield.

沙 shā

场 chǎng