"丈" • Chinese-English Dictionary

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Decomp. 一乂
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Mandarin zhàng
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Pinyin zhang4
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十乂
Sijiao 5000.0
Wubi DYI
CNS 11643 1-4437
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Unicode U+4E08
GB2312 D5C9
BIG5 A456
 zhàng measure of length, ten Chinese feet (3.3 m) / to measure / husband / polite appellation for an older male
Results beginning with 丈
 zhàng fu husband / CL:個|个[ge4]
 zhàng liáng to measure / measurement
 zhàng rén wife's father (father-in-law) / old man
 zhàng mǔ wife's mother / mother-in-law
 zhàng mǔ niáng wife's mother / mother-in-law / same as 丈母
 zhàng bā shé máo ancient spear-like weapon 18 Chinese feet 尺[chi3] in length, with a wavy spearhead like a snake's body
 zhàng ér Jīn gāng mō bu zháo tóu nǎo see 丈二和尚,摸不著頭腦|丈二和尚,摸不着头脑[zhang4 er2 he2 shang5 , mo1 bu5 zhao2 tou2 nao3]
 zhàng èr Jīn gāng mō bu zháo tóu nǎo see 丈二和尚,摸不著頭腦|丈二和尚,摸不着头脑[zhang4 er4 he2 shang5 , mo1 bu5 zhao2 tou2 nao3]
 zhàng ér hé shang , mō bu zháo tóu nǎo lit. like a three-meter high monk , you can't rub his head (idiom) / fig. at a total loss
 zhàng èr hé shang , mō bu zháo tóu nǎo lit. like a three-meter high monk, you can't rub his head (idiom) / fig. at a total loss
Approximate Results for 丈
 wàn zhàng lit. ten thousand fathoms / fig. extremely high or deep / lofty / bottomless
 fāng zhang square zhang (i.e. unit of area 10 feet square) / monastic room 10 feet square / Buddhist or Daoist abbot / abbot's chamber
 lǎo zhàng sir (respectful form of address for an old man)
 yí zhàng mother's sister's husband / husband of mother's sister
 gū zhàng husband of paternal aunt
 yuè zhàng father-in-law (wife's father)
 gōng zhàng decameter
 Gǔ zhàng Guzhang County in Xiangxi Tujia and Miao Autonomous Prefecture 湘西土家族苗族自治州[Xiang1 xi1 Tu3 jia1 zu2 Miao2 zu2 Zi4 zhi4 zhou1]
 jiě zhàng older sister's husband / brother-in-law
 shì zhàng zhang (Chinese unit of length equal to 3⅓ / meters)
 shī zhàng teacher's husband
 zǐ zhàng older sister's husband
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 dà zhàng fu a manly man / a man of character
 Gǔ zhàng xiàn Guzhang County in Xiangxi Tujia and Miao Autonomous Prefecture 湘西土家族苗族自治州[Xiang1 xi1 Tu3 jia1 zu2 Miao2 zu2 Zi4 zhi4 zhou1]
 lǎo zhàng ren (coll.) father-in-law (wife's father)
 shū zhàng mǔ wife's aunt
 shū zhàng rén wife's uncle
 huǒ mào sān zhàng to get really angry
 yī luò qiān zhàng lit. to drop a thousand zhang in one fall (idiom) / fig. (of business, popularity etc) to suffer a sudden, devastating decline / to take a dive
 wàn zhàng guāng máng boundless radiance / splendor
 wú dú bù zhàng fu no poison, no great man (idiom) / A great man has to be ruthless.
 nán zǐ hàn dà zhàng fu (coll.) he-man
 wàn zhàng gāo lóu píng dì qǐ towering buildings are built up from the ground (idiom) / great oaks from little acorns grow
 dà zhàng fu néng qū néng shēn A leader can submit or can stand tall as required. / ready to give and take / flexible
 dào gāo yī chǐ , mó gāo yī zhàng virtue is one foot tall, the devil ten foot (idiom) / It takes constant vigilance to stave off evil.
 mó gāo yī zhàng , dào gāo yī chǐ the devil is ten foot tall, virtue one foot (idiom) / It takes constant vigilance to stave off evil.
 shù gāo qiān zhàng , luò yè guī gēn see 樹高千丈,葉落歸根|树高千丈,叶落归根[shu4 gao1 qian1 zhang4 , ye4 luo4 gui1 gen1]
 shù gāo qiān zhàng , yè luò guī gēn fig. a tree may grow a thousand zhang high, but its leaves return to their roots (proverb) / fig. everything has its ancestral home / in old age, an expatriate returns home
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  Convention regarding the Measurement and Registration of Vessels Employed in Inland Navigation
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