苍茫

蒼茫
cāngmáng
adjective #59,903

Meanings

  1. 1 vast and hazy
  2. 2 boundless

Examples

HSK 6
Zhàn zài shāndǐng, yǎnqián shì cāngmáng de yúnhǎi.
Standing on the summit, I saw a vast, hazy sea of clouds before me.
HSK 7-9
Mùsè cāngmáng zhōng, yúchuán mànmàn shǐhuí gǎngkǒu.
As dusk spread vast and hazy, the fishing boats slowly sailed back to harbour.

Tips

culture
Two famous lines use it: Li Bai’s 明月出天山,苍茫云海间 ‘the bright moon rises over the Tian Shan, amid a vast sea of cloud’, and Mao Zedong’s 问苍茫大地 ‘I ask the boundless land’.

Stroke Order

苍 cāng
茫 máng