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Trad. 蒼勁
- (of a tree) old and strong
- (of calligraphy or painting) bold; vigorous
Trad. 蒼術
- black atractylodes rhizome (dried rhizome of any of several atractylodes species) (TCM)
Trad. 蒼黃
- greenish yellow
- sallow (pale or yellow complexion)
- variant of 倉皇|仓皇[cang1 huang2]
Trad. 蒼龍
- Blue Dragon, other name of the Azure Dragon 青龍|青龙 (the seven mansions of the east sky)
Trad. 蒼南縣
- Cangnan county in Wenzhou 溫州|温州[Wen1 zhou1], Zhejiang
Trad. 蒼梧縣
- Cangwu, a county in Wuzhou City 梧州市[Wu2 zhou1 Shi4], Guangxi
Trad. 蒼溪縣
- Cangxi county in Guangyuan 廣元|广元[Guang3 yuan2], Sichuan
Trad. 旺蒼縣
- Wangcang county in Guangyuan 廣元|广元[Guang3 yuan2], Sichuan
Trad. 白衣蒼狗
- lit. (cloud shapes) changing from a white shirt to a gray dog (idiom)
- fig. the unpredictable changeability of the world
Trad. 白雲蒼狗
- lit. a white cloud transforms into what looks like a gray dog (idiom)
- fig. the unpredictable changeability of the world
Trad. 蒼松翠柏
- evergreen pine and cypress (idiom); steadfast nobility
Trad. 蒼生塗炭
- the common people in a miserable state
Trad. 蒼眉蝗鶯
- (bird species of China) Gray's grasshopper warbler (Helopsaltes fasciolatus)
Trad. 蒼背山雀
- (bird species of China) cinereous tit (Parus cinereus)
Trad. 蒼蠅老虎
- (coll.) jumping spider (which pounces on houseflies, hence the Chinese name)
Trad. 蒼頭燕雀
- (bird species of China) Eurasian chaffinch; common chaffinch (Fringilla coelebs)
Trad. 暮色蒼茫
- the hazy dusk of twilight (idiom)
Trad. 無頭蒼蠅
- headless fly (a metaphor for sb who is rushing around frantically)
Trad. 皓首蒼顏
- white hair and gray sunken cheeks (idiom); decrepit old age
Trad. 沒頭蒼蠅
- see 無頭蒼蠅|无头苍蝇[wu2 tou2 cang1 ying5]
Trad. 蒼蠅不叮無縫蛋
- lit. flies do not attack an intact egg (idiom)
- fig. no smoke without a fire