Chinese Dictionary

Usage of the character 尝

old variant of 嘗／尝 (cháng)

to taste; to try (food)
to experience
(literary) ever; once

to taste; to experience (variant of 嘗／尝 (cháng))

to taste (fresh food or a delicacy)
(fig.) to try sth new

to enjoy fully
to experience to the full over a long period

to merely have a sip or a bite (of one's food or drink)
(fig.) to dabble in; to flirt with (a topic)

to try; to attempt
CL:次 (cì)

to taste a patient's excrement (a form of medical examination, seen as an act of loyalty or filial piety)
to suck up to sb; to kiss ass

not ever
not necessarily

(rhetorical question) when?
how?
it's not that...

to taste a small amount
to sample

Mèngchángjūn

Lord Menchang of Qi, Chancellor of Qi and of Wei during the Warring States Period (475-221 BC)

qiǎnchángzhézhǐ

lit. to stop after taking just a sip (idiom); fig. to gain only a superficial knowledge of sth and then stop

wòxīnchángdǎn

lit. to sleep on brushwood and taste gall (like King Gou Jian of Yue 勾踐／勾践 ( Gōu Jiàn)), in order to recall one's humiliations) (idiom)
fig. to maintain one's resolve for revenge

chángshìcuòwù

to proceed by trial and error; to learn by making mistakes

bèichángxīnkǔ

to have suffered all kinds of hardships (idiom)

wòxīnchángdǎn

lit. to lie on firewood and taste gall (idiom); fig. suffering patiently, but firmly resolved on revenge

wèichángbùkě

(idiom) acceptable; fine; okay

chángjìnxīnsuān

to experience one's full share of sorrows (idiom)