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adj.bleak; desolate
往昔满目苍凉的乡村,现在已经完全变了样。
The once desolate countryside has changed entirely.
今晚月色苍凉。
The moonlight is bleak tonight.
过去繁华的都市战后已是满目苍凉。
The once prosperous city has become a scene of desolation after the war.
一片苍凉景致
a bleak scene
过去这一带非常苍凉,现在却有了无数的工厂。
Numerous factories have sprung up in this once desolate erea.
边地的景色虽然苍凉,军中的生活虽然艰苦,但诗人的感情并不低沉、哀伤,而是充满了一种豪迈的激情。
Though the scenery there was desolate, life was harsh, the poet never felt sad and depressed but full of heroic passion.
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- Reduplication"苍凉" can be reduplicated, for example: "苍苍凉凉".
苍苍凉凉的月色下,我独自一人在饮酒。
I was drinking alone in the bleak moonlight.