cāng

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Definitions

  1. 1. dark blue
  2. 2. deep green
  3. 3. ash-gray

Words Containing 苍

苍白
cāng bái

pale

苍蝇
cāng ying

housefly

上苍
shàng cāng

heaven

夜色苍茫
yè sè cāng máng

gathering dusk

旺苍
wàng cāng

Wangcang county in Guangyuan 廣元|广元[guǎng yuán], Sichuan

旺苍县
wàng cāng xiàn

Wangcang county in Guangyuan 廣元|广元[guǎng yuán], Sichuan

暮色苍茫
mù sè cāng máng

the hazy dusk of twilight (idiom)

没头苍蝇
méi tóu cāng ying

see 無頭蒼蠅|无头苍蝇[wú tóu cāng ying]

无头苍蝇
wú tóu cāng ying

headless fly (a metaphor for sb who is rushing around frantically)

白衣苍狗
bái yī cāng gǒu

lit. (cloud shapes) changing from a white shirt to a gray dog (idiom)

白云苍狗
bái yún cāng gǒu

lit. a white cloud transforms into what looks like a gray dog (idiom)

穹苍
qióng cāng

the sky

苍劲
cāng jìn

upright and strong

苍南
cāng nán

Cangnan county in Wenzhou 溫州|温州[wēn zhōu], Zhejiang

苍南县
cāng nán xiàn

Cangnan county in Wenzhou 溫州|温州[wēn zhōu], Zhejiang

苍天
cāng tiān

firmament

苍松翠柏
cāng sōng cuì bǎi

evergreen pine and cypress (idiom); steadfast nobility

苍梧
cāng wú

Cangwu county in Wuzhou 梧州[wú zhōu], Guangxi

苍梧县
cāng wú xiàn

Cangwu county in Wuzhou 梧州[wú zhōu], Guangxi

苍凉
cāng liáng

desolate

苍溪
cāng xī

Cangxi county in Guangyuan 廣元|广元[guǎng yuán], Sichuan

苍溪县
cāng xī xiàn

Cangxi county in Guangyuan 廣元|广元[guǎng yuán], Sichuan

苍狗
cāng gǒu

(fig.) the unpredictable changeability of the world; bad omen

苍生
cāng shēng

(area where) vegetation grows

苍生涂炭
cāng shēng tú tàn

the common people in a miserable state

苍白无力
cāng bái wú lì

pale and feeble

苍白色
cāng bái sè

pale

苍眉蝗莺
cāng méi huáng yīng

(bird species of China) Gray's grasshopper warbler (Locustella fasciolata)

苍穹
cāng qióng

the blue dome of heaven

苍翠
cāng cuì

verdant

苍老
cāng lǎo

aged

苍耳
cāng ěr

Siberian cocklebur (botany)

苍背山雀
cāng bèi shān què

(bird species of China) cinereous tit (Parus cinereus)

苍茫
cāng máng

boundless

苍莽
cāng mǎng

boundless

苍苍
cāng cāng

ash gray

苍蝇不叮无缝蛋
cāng ying bù dīng wú fèng dàn

lit. flies do not attack an intact egg (idiom)

苍蝇座
cāng ying zuò

Musca (constellation)

苍蝇拍
cāng ying pāi

flyswatter

苍蝇老虎
cāng ying lǎo hǔ

(coll.) jumping spider (called a \fly tiger\ because it preys on houseflies)

苍术
cāng zhú

black atractylodes rhizome (dried rhizome of any of several atractylodes species) (TCM)

苍头燕雀
cāng tóu yàn què

(bird species of China) common chaffinch (Fringilla coelebs)

苍郁
cāng yù

verdant and luxuriant

苍鹰
cāng yīng

(bird species of China) northern goshawk (Accipiter gentilis)

苍鹭
cāng lù

(bird species of China) grey heron (Ardea cinerea)

苍龙
cāng lóng

Blue Dragon, other name of the Azure Dragon 青龍|青龙 (the seven mansions of the east sky)