cháng

taste; experience, experiment

DEFINITIONS

  • taste
  • experience, experiment
  • to taste
  • to try
  • to experience
  • already
  • ever
  • once
  • variant of 嘗|尝[chang2]
  • old variant of 嘗|尝[chang2]

WORDS

hé cháng (rhetorical question) when?; how?; it's not that...
辛苦 bèi cháng xīn kǔ to have suffered all kinds of hardships (idiom)
pǐn cháng to taste a small amount; to sample
盡心酸 cháng jìn xīn suān to experience one's full share of sorrows (idiom)
糞 cháng fèn to taste a patient's excrement (a form of medical examination, seen as an act of loyalty or filial piety); to suck up to sb; to kiss ass
試 cháng shì to try; to attempt; CL:次[ci4]
君 mèng cháng jūn Lord Menchang of Qi, Chancellor of Qi and of Wei during the Warring States Period (475-221 BC)
wèi cháng not ever; not necessarily
qiǎn cháng dilettante; amateur; to dabble in; to flirt with (a topic)
者 qiǎn cháng zhě dilettante; amateur; dabbler
輒止 qiǎn cháng zhé zhǐ to dabble and stop (idiom); to dip into; to attempt half-heartedly; content with a smattering of knowledge; also written 淺嘗輒止|浅尝辄止
臥薪膽 wò xīn cháng dǎn lit. to sleep on brushwood and taste gall (like King Gou Jian of Yue 勾踐|勾践[Gou1 Jian4]), in order to recall one's humiliations) (idiom); fig. to maintain one's resolve for revenge; lit. to lie on firewood and taste gall (idiom); fig. suffering patiently, but firmly resolved on revenge
bǎo cháng to enjoy fully; to experience to the full over a long period
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