cāng​gǒu

shifting world

  • created sense approved 苍狗/蒼狗 · cāng​gǒu · shifting world — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    苍狗 / 蒼狗

    cāng​gǒu

    shifting world

    (bound form) refers to the unpredictable changeability of human affairs or a bad omen, usually used in the phrase [[白云苍狗|白雲蒼狗|bai2 yun2 cang1 gou3]]

    苍 (literal) → 苍/蒼 · cāng · dark green or blue 狗 (literal) → 狗 · gǒu · dog

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense