嚐 cháng

taste

DEFINITIONS

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

WORDS

淺嚐 qiǎn cháng dilettante; amateur; to dabble in; to flirt with (a topic)
淺嚐者 qiǎn cháng zhě dilettante; amateur; dabbler
淺嚐輒止 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
臥薪嚐膽 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
嚐鮮 cháng xiān to try something fresh or new
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