饱经沧桑

飽經滄桑

bǎojīng-cāngsāng

idiom HSK 7-9 #84,847

Meanings

1 to have weathered many vicissitudes
2 to have lived through major changes
3 seasoned by life

Characters

full, thoroughly

experience, undergo

Examples

HSK 7-9

老人饱经沧桑，脸上布满了皱纹。

Lǎorén bǎojīngcāngsāng, liǎnshàng bùmǎn le zhòuwén.

The old man had weathered many storms; his face was covered in wrinkles.

HSK 7-9

这座城市饱经沧桑，见证了历史的变迁。

Zhè zuò chéngshì bǎojīngcāngsāng, jiànzhèng le lìshǐ de biànqiān.

This city has lived through many changes and witnessed the course of history.

Tips

memory

沧桑 is short for 沧海桑田 ('blue sea into mulberry fields'), an image of radical transformation. 饱经 = 'thoroughly experienced.' So: 'thoroughly seasoned by seas-into-fields changes.'

Stroke Order

饱 bǎo

经 jīng

沧 cāng

桑 sāng