cāng

granary; berth; sea

DEFINITIONS

倉 cāng
  • barn
  • granary
  • storehouse
  • cabin
  • hold (in ship)

WORDS

使節團 yán cāng shǐ jié tuán the Iwakura mission (Japanese diplomatic and exploratory mission to US and Europe of 1871)
píng cāng to close a position (finance)
kuài cāng granary
liào cāng granary; storehouse
明修棧道,暗渡陳 míng xiū zhàn dào , àn dù chén cāng lit. repair the plank road by day while secretly crossing the Wei River 渭河[Wei4 He2] at Chencang (idiom, refers to a stratagem used by Liu Bang 劉邦|刘邦[Liu2 Bang1] in 206 BC against Xiang Yu 項羽|项羽[Xiang4 Yu3] of Chu); fig. to feign one thing while doing another; to cheat under cover of a diversion
暗渡陳 àn dù chén cāng lit. secretly crossing the Wei River 渭河[Wei4 He2] at Chencang (idiom, refers to a stratagem used by Liu Bang 劉邦|刘邦[Liu2 Bang1] in 206 BC against Xiang Yu 項羽|项羽[Xiang4 Yu3] of Chu); fig. to feign one thing while doing another; to cheat under cover of a diversion
里 dōng cāng lǐ Dongchang-ni, North Korean missile launch site on Yellow Sea, 70 km from Chinese border
院 zhēng cāng yuàn Shōsō-in, treasure house belonging to Tōdai-ji 東大寺, Nara 奈良, Japan, an extensive repository of imperial treasures from Tang times; described as the east-most end of the Silk road
qīng cāng to take an inventory of stock; to clear out one's stock
大甩賣 qīng cāng dà shuǎi mài clearance sale; fire sale
查庫 qīng cāng chá kù to make an inventory of warehouses
gǔ cāng barn
mǐ cāng rice granary
liáng cāng granary; barn; fig. bread basket (of fertile agricultural land)
huò cāng warehouse
資料儲 zī liào cāng chǔ data warehouse (computing)
lián cāng Kamakura city in Kanagawa prefecture 神奈川縣|神奈川县[Shen2 nai4 chuan1 xian4], Japan
幕府 lián cāng mù fǔ Kamakura bakufu 1192-1333, the first Japanese samurai shogunate
chén cāng ancient name of Baoji City 寶雞市|宝鸡市[Bao3 ji1 Shi4], Shaanxi; Chencang district of Baoji City
區 chén cāng qū Chencang District of Baoji City 寶雞市|宝鸡市[Bao3 ji1 Shi4], Shaanxi