cāng liáng
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  • adj.bleak; desolate

    • wǎng xī mǎn mù cāng liáng de xiāng cūn xiàn zài yǐ jīng wán quán biàn le yàng

      往昔满目苍凉乡村现在已经完全

      The once desolate countryside has changed entirely.

    • jīn wǎn yuè sè cāng liáng

      今晚月色苍凉

      The moonlight is bleak tonight.

    • guò qù fán huá de dū shì zhàn hòu yǐ shì mǎn mù cāng liáng

      过去繁华都市满目苍凉

      The once prosperous city has become a scene of desolation after the war.

    • yī piàn cāng liáng jǐng zhì

      苍凉景致

      a bleak scene

    • guò qù zhè yī dài fēi cháng cāng liáng xiàn zài què yǒu le wú shù de gōng chǎng

      过去一带非常苍凉现在无数工厂

      Numerous factories have sprung up in this once desolate erea.

    • biān dì de jǐng sè suī rán cāng liáng jūn zhōng de shēng huó suī rán jiān kǔ dàn shī rén de gǎn qíng bìng bù dī chén āi shāng ér shì chōng mǎn le yī zhǒng háo mài de jī qíng

      边地景色虽然苍凉生活虽然艰苦诗人感情低沉哀伤充满豪迈激情

      Though the scenery there was desolate, life was harsh, the poet never felt sad and depressed but full of heroic passion.

Word usage

  • "苍凉" can be reduplicated, for example: "苍苍凉凉".
    • 月色独自

      I was drinking alone in the bleak moonlight.