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蒼蒼
cāngcāng
adjective #73,657

Meanings

  1. 1 deep blue; dark green
  2. 2 grey; hoary
  3. 3 lush; vast and hazy

Examples

HSK 5
爷爷已经白发苍苍了。
Yéye yǐjing báifà cāngcāng le.
Grandpa’s hair has already turned white.
HSK 7-9
抬头只见天色苍苍，原野茫茫。
Táitóu zhǐjiàn tiānsè cāngcāng, yuányě mángmáng.
Looking up, all I could see was the deep blue sky and the vast open plain.
HSK 7-9
《诗经》里的“蒹葭苍苍”，写的是河边茂盛的芦苇。
《 Shījīng 》 lǐ de " jiānjiā cāngcāng ", xiě de shì hébiān màoshèng de lúwěi.
'The reeds are lush and grey-green' in the Book of Songs describes thick reeds by a river.

Tips

culture
The grassland song 敕勒歌 has the famous 天苍苍，野茫茫 ‘the sky deep blue, the plain vast’. For hair it means grey-white: 白发苍苍 ‘hoary-headed’.

Stroke Order

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