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cāng

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Definitions

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

Words Containing 苍

苍苍
cāng cāng

ash gray

苍溪
cāng xī

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

苍鹰
cāng yīng

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

苍白色
cāng bái sè

pale

苍南县
cāng nán xiàn

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

苍白
cāng bái

pale

上苍
shàng cāng

heaven

苍梧
cāng wú

Cangwu county in Wuzhou 梧州[wú zhōu], Guangxi

苍翠
cāng cuì

verdant

夜色苍茫
yè sè cāng máng

gathering dusk

苍南
cāng nán

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

无头苍蝇
wú tóu cāng ying

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

苍溪县
cāng xī xiàn

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

苍蝇
cāng ying

housefly

苍术
cāng zhú

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

苍蝇座
cāng ying zuò

Musca (constellation)

苍梧县
cāng wú xiàn

Cangwu county in Wuzhou 梧州[wú zhōu], Guangxi

旺苍
wàng cāng

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

苍天
cāng tiān

firmament

穹苍
qióng cāng

the sky

白衣苍狗
bái yī cāng gǒu

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

苍耳
cāng ěr

Siberian cocklebur (botany)

苍莽
cāng mǎng

boundless

旺苍县
wàng cāng xiàn

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

苍劲
cāng jìn

upright and strong

苍穹
cāng qióng

the blue dome of heaven

苍蝇拍
cāng ying pāi

flyswatter

白云苍狗
bái yún cāng gǒu

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

苍龙
cāng lóng

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

苍狗
cāng gǒu

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

苍凉
cāng liáng

desolate

苍头燕雀
cāng tóu yàn què

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

苍蝇老虎
cāng ying lǎo hǔ

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

苍茫
cāng máng

boundless

苍背山雀
cāng bèi shān què

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

苍眉蝗莺
cāng méi huáng yīng

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

苍松翠柏
cāng sōng cuì bǎi

evergreen pine and cypress (idiom); steadfast nobility

没头苍蝇
méi tóu cāng ying

see 無頭蒼蠅|无头苍蝇[wú tóu cāng ying]

苍生
cāng shēng

(area where) vegetation grows

苍老
cāng lǎo

aged

苍白无力
cāng bái wú lì

pale and feeble

苍蝇不叮无缝蛋
cāng ying bù dīng wú fèng dàn

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

苍郁
cāng yù

verdant and luxuriant

暮色苍茫
mù sè cāng máng

the hazy dusk of twilight (idiom)

苍鹭
cāng lù

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

苍生涂炭
cāng shēng tú tàn

the common people in a miserable state