滄海橫流 (cong1 hoi2 waang4 lau4) — to describe political / chaos in societ… in Cantonese

congˉ¹滄hoiˊ²海waangˎ₄橫lauˎ₄流

简沧海横流

Mandarin Pinyin: cang1 hai3 heng2 liu2

Meaning of 滄海橫流

nounto describe political / chaos in society; stormy; turbulence in the sea

congˉ¹滄hoiˊ²海waangˎ₄橫lau4,流，batˉ¹不bin3.變。

Through the turbulent seas, unchanged.

janˎ₄人sangˉ¹生geiˊ²幾doˉ¹多congˉ¹滄hoiˊ²海waangˎ₄橫lau4.流。

Life has many ups and downs.

keoiˏ₅佢haiˍ₆係congˉ¹滄hoiˊ²海waangˎ₄橫lauˎ₄流jan4.人。

He is a person who has experienced much turbulence.

niˉ¹呢go˗₃個wai2,位，congˉ¹滄hoiˊ²海waangˎ₄橫lau4.流。

This position has seen much change.

mouˎ₄無geoiˍ₆懼congˉ¹滄hoiˊ²海waangˎ₄橫lau4.流。

Fearless of the turbulent times.

Practice with spaced-repetition flashcards or follow our free structured Cantonese course.