飽經滄桑 bǎo jīng cāng sāng

having lived through many changes

Word data

HSK Not in HSK
Frequency Unknown

Definitions

  1. 1. having lived through many changes

Characters

Character Meaning
飽 bǎo
to eat till full; satisfied
經 jīng
abbr. for economics 经济jīng jì; to pass through
滄 cāng
blue-green or azure (of water); vast (of water); cold
桑 sāng HSK 6
mulberry tree; surname Sang; old variant of 桑sāng