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Decomp. 弓长
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Mandarin zhāng
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 zhāng to open up / to spread / sheet of paper / classifier for flat objects, sheet / classifier for votes
Results beginning with 张
 zhāng kāi to open up / to spread / to extend
 zhāng tiē to post (a notice) / to advertise
 zhāng yáng to display ostentatiously / to bring out into the open / to make public / to spread around / flamboyant / brash
 zhāng wàng to look around / to peep (through a crack) / to peer at / to throw a look at
 zhāng kǒu to open one's mouth (to eat, speak etc) / to gape / to start talking (esp. to make a request)
 zhāng lì tension
 zhāng zuǐ to open one's mouth (to speak, esp. to make a request) / to gape
 Zhāng Fēi Zhang Fei (168-221), general of Shu and blood-brother of Liu Bei in Romance of the Three Kingdoms, famous as fearsome fighter and lover of wine
 Zhāng Sān John Doe / Zhang San, name for an unspecified person, first of a series of three: 張三|张三, 李四[Li3 Si4], 王五[Wang2 Wu3] Tom, Dick and Harry
 zhāng luo to take care of / to raise money / to attend to (guests, customers etc)
 zhāng kuáng brash / insolent / frantic
 zhāng mǐn Cheung
 Zhāng Huà Zhang Hua (232-300), Western Jin writer, poet and politician / Zhang Hua (1958-1982), student held up as a martyr after he died saving an old peasant from a septic tank / other Zhang Hua's too numerous to mention
 Zhāng Jué Zhang Jue (-184), leader of the Yellow turban rebels during the late Han
 zhāng wǎng stow net / gape net
 Zhāng Qiān Zhang Qian (-114 BC), Han dynasty explorer of 2nd century BC
 zhāng mù to open one's eyes wide
 Zhāng Bǎo Zhang Bao (-184), leader of the Yellow Turban rebels during the late Han 漢朝|汉朝[Han4 chao2]
 zhāng xūn Zhang Xun (1854-1923), Qing loyalist general who attempted to restore the abdicated emperor Puyi 溥儀|溥仪[Pu3 yi2] to the throne in the Manchu Restoration of 1917 張勳復辟|张勋复辟[Zhang1 Xun1 Fu4 bi4]
 zhāng huáng alarmed / flustered
 zhāng guà to hang up (a picture, banner, mosquito net etc)
 Zhāng Dài Zhang Dai (1597-c. 1684), late Ming scholar
 Zhāng Jí Zhang Ji (767-830), Tang Dynasty poet
 Zhāng běi Zhangbei county in Zhangjiakou 張家口|张家口[Zhang1 jia1 kou3], Hebei
 Zhāng Bīn Zhang Bin (1979-), CCTV sports presenter
 Zhāng Cháng Zhang Chang, official and scholar of the Western Han dynasty
 Zhāng Chǎng Zhang Chang, official and scholar of the Western Han dynasty
 zhāng chí tension and relaxation
 Zhāng Dān Zhang Dan (1985-), Chinese figure skater
 Zhāng diàn Zhangdian District of Zibo city 淄博市[Zi1 bo2 shi4], Shandong
 Zhāng Héng Zhang Heng (78-139) great Han dynasty astronomer and mathematician
 Zhāng Huá Zhang Hua (232-300), Western Jin writer, poet and politician / Zhang Hua (1958-1982), student held up as a martyr after he died saving an old peasant from a septic tank / other Zhang Hua's too numerous to mention
 zhāng huáng variant of 張皇|张皇[zhang1 huang2]
 zhāng liàng tensor (math.)
 Zhāng Níng Zhang Ning (1975-), PRC female badminton player and Olympic gold medalist
 Zhāng Pǔ Zhang Pu (1602-1641), Ming dynasty scholar and prolific writer, proponent of 複社|复社[fu4 she4] cultural renewal movement, author of Five tombstone inscriptions 五人墓碑記|五人墓碑记[wu3 ren2 mu4 bei1 ji4]
 Zhāng Qiū Cho Chang (Harry Potter)
 zhāng qún Chang
 Zhāng Róng Jung Chang (1952-), British-Chinese writer, name at birth Zhang Erhong 張二鴻|张二鸿[Zhang1 Er4 hong2], author of Wild Swans 野天鵝|野天鹅[Ye3 Tian1 e2] and Mao: The Unknown Story 毛澤東·鮮為人知的故事|毛泽东·鲜为人知的故事[Mao2 Ze2 dong1 · / Xian1 wei2 ren2 zhi1 de5 Gu4 shi5]
 Zhāng wān Zhangwan district of Shiyan city 十堰市[Shi2 yan4 shi4], Hubei
 zhāng xīn to be troubled / to be concerned
 Zhāng Xù Zhang Xu (probably early 8th century), Tang dynasty poet and calligrapher, most famous for his grass script 草書|草书
 Zhāng yè Zhangye, prefecture-level city in Gansu
 zhāng yí Zhang
 Zhāng Yí Zhang Yi (-309 BC), political strategist of the School of Diplomacy 縱橫家|纵横家[Zong4 heng2 jia1] during the Warring States Period (475-221 BC)
 Zhāng yí Zhang Yi (1608-1695), prolific author and poet spanning interregnum between Ming and Qing
 Zhāng Yī Zhang Yi (c. 3rd century), literary figure from Wei of the Three Kingdoms, other name 稚讓|稚让[Zhi4 rang4], named as compiler of earliest extant Chinese encyclopedia 廣雅|广雅[Guang3 ya3] and several lost works
 Zhāng Zhèn Chang Chen (1976-), Taiwanese film actor
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 Zhāng jiā gǎng Zhangjiagang, county-level city in Suzhou 蘇州|苏州[Su1 zhou1], Jiangsu
 Zhāng jiā kǒu Zhangjiakou, prefecture-level city in Hebei
 Zhāng Aì líng Eileen Chang (1920-1995), famous Chinese-American novelist
 Zhāng Xué liáng Zhang Xueliang (1901-2001) son of Fengtian clique warlord, then senior general for the Nationalists and subsequently for the People's Liberation Army
 Zhāng Jìng chū Zhang Jingchu (1980-), PRC actress
 zhāng dé jiāng Zhang Dejiang (1946-), PRC politician
 Zhāng Zuò lín Zhang Zuolin (c. 1873-1928), warlord of Manchuria 1916-1928
 Zhāng bó lún Chamberlain (name) / Wilt Chamberlain (1936-1999), US basketball player
 Zhāng Zhī dòng Zhang Zhidong (1837-1909), prominent politician in late Qing
 Zhāng Jū zhèng Zhang Juzheng (1525-1582), Grand Secretary during the Ming dynasty, credited with bringing the dynasty to its apogee
 Zhāng Guó tāo Zhang Guotao (1897-1979), Chinese communist leader in the 1920s and 1930s, defected to Guomindang in 1938
 Zhāng Xiàn zhōng Zhang Xianzhong (1606-1647), leader of a late-Ming peasant revolt
 Zhāng Zì zhōng Zhang Zizhong (1891-1940), Chinese National Revolutionary Army general during the Second Sino-Japanese War
 Zhāng Chūn qiáo Zhang Chunqiao (1917-2005), one of the Gang of Four
 Zhāng Wén tiān Zhang Wentian (1900-1976), CCP party leader and theorist
 Zhāng Zhì zhōng Zhang Zhizhong (1890-1969), National Revolutionary Army general
 Zhāng Gāo lì Zhang Gaoli (1946-), PRC politician
 Zhāng Zhì xīn Zhang Zhixin (1930-1975) female revolutionary and martyr, who followed the true Marxist-Leninist line as a party member, and was arrested in 1969, then executed in 1975 after opposing the counterrevolutionary party-usurping conspiracies of Lin Biao and the Gang of Four, and only rehabilitated posthumously in 1979
 Zhāng Chún rú Iris Chang (1968-2004), Chinese American historian and author of the Rape of Nanjing
 zhāng chéng zhì Zhang
 Zhāng Ruò xū Zhang Ruoxu (c. 660-720), Tang dynasty poet, author of yuefu poem River on a spring night 春江花月夜
 Zhāng běi xiàn Zhangbei county in Zhangjiakou 張家口|张家口[Zhang1 jia1 kou3], Hebei
 Zhāng Bó zhī Cecilia Cheung (1980-), Hong Kong actress and pop singer
 zhāng chéng zé Jang Song-taek (1946-2013), brother-in-law of Kim Jong-il 金正日[Jin1 Zheng4 ri4], uncle and mentor of Kim Jong-un 金正恩[Jin1 Zheng4 en1], in 2013 accused of being a counter-revolutionary and executed
 Zhāng Chéng zé Jang Seong-taek or Chang Sŏngt'aek (1946-), brother-in-law of Kim Jong-il 金正日[Jin1 Zheng4 ri4], uncle and regent of Kim Jongeun 金正恩[Jin1 Zheng4 en1]
 Zhāng Chūn fān Zhang Chunfan (-1935), late Qing novelist, author of The Nine-tailed Turtle 九尾龜|九尾龟
 zhāng chūn huī Zhang
 Zhāng Dà qiān Chang Dai-chien or Zhang Daqian (1899-1983), one of the greatest Chinese artists of the 20th century
 Zhāng diàn qū Zhangdian District of Zibo city 淄博市[Zi1 bo2 shi4], Shandong
鸿 Zhāng Er4 hóng Jung Chang 張戎|张戎[Zhang1 Rong2] (1952-), British-Chinese writer, author of Wild Swans 野天鵝|野天鹅[Ye3 Tian1 e2] and Mao: The Unknown Story 毛澤東·鮮為人知的故事|毛泽东·鲜为人知的故事[Mao2 Ze2 dong1 · / Xian1 wei2 ren2 zhi1 de5 Gu4 shi5]
 Zhāng Guó róng Leslie Cheung (1956-2003), Hong Kong singer and actor
 zhāng huá guāng Zhang Huaguang (person name)
 zhāng huá míng Zhang Huaming (person name)
 zhāng huáng hòu Empress
 Zhāng Huì mèi A-Mei, aka Gulilai Amit (1972-), aboriginal Taiwanese pop singer
 Zhāng jiā jiè Zhangjiajie, prefecture-level city in Hunan, formerly Dayong 大庸[Da4 yong1]
 zhāng jiǎn qū transtensional region / transtensile region
 zhāng jùn xióng Chang
 zhāng luó ná Jang
 Zhāng Màn yù Maggie Cheung (1964-), Hong Kong actress
 zhāng péi lì Zhang
 zhāng péng chūn P.
 Zhāng Sēng yóu Zhang Sengyou (active c. 490-540), one of the Four Great Painters of the Six Dynasties 六朝四大家
 Zhāng Sháo hán Angela Chang (1982-), Taiwanese pop singer and actress
 Zhāng Tài léi Zhang Tailei (1898-1927), founding member of Chinese communist party
 Zhāng Tiān yì Zhang Tianyi (1906-1985), children's writer, author of prize-winning fairy tale Secret of the Magic Gourd 寶葫蘆的秘密|宝葫芦的秘密[Bao3 hu2 lu5 de5 Mi4 mi4]
 Zhāng Tíng yù Zhang Tingyu (1672-1755), Qing politician, senior minister to three successive emperors, oversaw compilation of History of the Ming Dynasty 明史[Ming2 shi3] and the Kangxi Dictionary 康熙字典[Kang1 xi1 Zi4 dian3]
 Zhāng wān qū Zhangwan district of Shiyan city 十堰市[Shi2 yan4 shi4], Hubei
 Zhāng Xué yǒu Jacky Cheung or Hok Yau Jacky (1961-), Cantopop and film star
 Zhāng yè shì Zhangye, prefecture-level city in Gansu
 Zhāng Yì móu Zhang Yimou (1950-), PRC film director
 zhāng yīng shèng Vince
 Zhāng Yìn huán Zhang Yinhuan (1837-1900), late Qing politician and senior Chinese diplomat
 Zhāng Yí níng Zhang Yining (1981-), PRC female table tennis player and Olympic gold medalist
 Zhāng yì zhī Zhang Yizhi (-705), Tang dynasty politician and favorite of Empress Wu Zetian 武則天|武则天[Wu3 Ze2 tian1]
 zhāng yǔ shēng Chang
 Zhāng Zé duān Zhang Zeduan (1085-1145), Song dynasty painter
 zhāng zǐ fū Pete
 Zhāng Zì liè Zhang Zilie (1597-1673), Ming dynasty scholar, author of Zhengzitong 正字通[Zheng4 zi4 tong1]
 zhāng yá wǔ zhǎo to bare fangs and brandish claws (idiom) / to make threatening gestures
 zhāng kǒu jié shé agape and tongue-tied (idiom) / at a loss for words / gaping and speechless
 zhāng dēng jié cǎi to be decorated with lanterns and colored banners (idiom)
 Zhāng guān Lǐ dài lit. to put Zhang's hat on Li's head / to attribute sth to the wrong person (idiom) / to confuse one thing with another
 Zhāng sān Lǐ sì Zhang the Third and Li the Fourth (idiom) / Tom, Dick and Harry
 zhāng huáng shī cuò panic-stricken (idiom) / to be in a flustered state / also written 張惶失措|张惶失措[zhang1 huang2 shi1 cuo4]
 Zhāng Wáng Lǐ Zhào anyone / Mr Average / any Tom, Dick or Harry
 Zhāng jiā gǎng shì Zhangjiagang, county-level city in Suzhou 蘇州|苏州[Su1 zhou1], Jiangsu
 Zhāng jiā jiè shì Zhangjiajie, prefecture-level city in Hunan
 Zhāng jiā kǒu shì Zhangjiakou, prefecture-level city in Hebei
 Zhāng Xūn Fù bì Manchu Restoration of 1917, an attempt by general 張勳|张勋[Zhang1 Xun1] to reinstate the monarchy in China by restoring the abdicated emperor Puyi 溥儀|溥仪[Pu3 yi2] to the throne
 Zhāng yè dì qū Zhangye prefecture, Gansu (old term) / Zhangye, prefecture-level city 張掖市|张掖市[Zhang1 ye4 shi4] (district in Gansu)
 Zhāng fēi dǎ Yuè fēi lit. Zhang Fei fights Yue Fei / fig. an impossible combination / an impossible turn of events (idiom)
 Zhāng jiā kǒu dì qū Zhangjiakou prefecture in Hebei
 zhāng lì tuǐ píng tái tension leg platform
 Zhāng jiā cháng , Lǐ jiā duǎn lit. the Zhangs are better off than the Lis (idiom) / to gossip about the neighbors
 Zhāng jiā chuān huí zú zì zhì xiàn Zhanjiachuan Huizu autonomous county in Gansu
 Zhāng sān , Lǐ sì , Wáng wǔ , Zhào liù four proverbial names / Tom, Dick and Harry
Approximate Results for 张
 yī zhāng sheet
 jǐn zhāng nervous / keyed up / intense / tense / strained / in short supply / scarce / CL:陣|阵[zhen4]
 zhǔ zhāng to advocate / to stand for / view / position / stand / proposition / viewpoint / assertion / CL:個|个[ge4]
 kuò zhāng expansion / dilation / to expand (e.g. one's power or influence) / to broaden
 kuā zhāng to exaggerate / overstated / exaggerated / hyperbole / (coll.) excessive / ridiculous / outrageous
 kāi zhāng to open a business / first transaction of a business day
 xiāo zhāng rampant / unbridled / arrogant / aggressive
 zhǐ zhāng paper
 huāng zhāng flustered / agitated
 dān zhāng flyer / leaflet / single-sheet (map etc)
 shēn zhāng to uphold (e.g. justice or virtue) / to promote
 shēng zhāng to make public / to disclose
 shū zhāng to relax and expand / (physiology) diastole
 pū zhāng ostentation / extravagance
 guāi zhāng recalcitrant / unreasonable / peevish
 gēng zhāng lit. to restring one's bow / to reform and start over again
 guān zhāng (of a shop) to close down / to go out of business
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 shū zhāng yā diastolic blood pressure
 chí zhāng rè remittent fever
 shí sān zhāng Chinese poker
 Wěi zhāng guó Owari or Owari-no-kuni, Japanese fiefdom during 11th-15th century, current Aichi prefecture around Nagoya
 xiū dào zhāng abbot
 jìng mài qū zhāng varicose veins
西 dōng zhāng xī wàng to look in all directions (idiom) / to glance around
 míng mù zhāng dǎn openly and without fear / brazenly
 dà zhāng qí gǔ with great fanfare
 jiàn bá nǔ zhāng lit. with swords drawn and bows bent (idiom) / fig. a state of mutual hostility / at daggers drawn
 pū zhāng làng fèi extravagance and waste (idiom)
 biǎo miàn zhāng lì surface tension
 dà zhāng shēng shì to spread one's voice wide (idiom) / wide publicity
 dà zhāng tà fá to launch an all-out attack (idiom) / to roundly condemn / to castigate
 gāng jǔ mù zhāng if you lift the headrope the meshes spread open (idiom) / take care of the big things and the little things will take care of themselves / (of a piece of writing) well-structured and ordered
 qī zuǐ bā zhāng see 七嘴八舌[qi1 zui3 ba1 she2]
 shī zhāng shī zhì out of one's mind
 xū zhāng shēng shì (false) bravado / to bluff
 zuò zhāng zuò shì to put on an act (idiom) / to pose / to show theatrical affectation / to indulge in histrionics
 zuò zhāng zuò zhì to put on an act (idiom) / to pose / to show theatrical affectation / to indulge in histrionics
 zuò zhāng zuò zhì see 做張做智|做张做智[zuo4 zhang1 zuo4 zhi4]
  spreading centre / spreading cell
广  net widening
  claim
 bù shì zhāng yáng quietly / without ostentation
 dān zhāng huì piào sola bill of exchange (international trade)
 fān zhāng fēng mǎn sails unfurling in the wind (idiom)
 guò dù jǐn zhāng hypertension / excessive stress
 hǎi dǐ kuò zhāng seafloor spreading (geology)
 huāng huāng zhāng zhāng helter-skelter
 jiǎo gōng fǎn zhāng opitoshtonous (med.), muscular spasm of the body associated with tetanus and meningitis
 jiè miàn zhāng lì interfacial tension
 jǐn zhāng huǎn hé detente
 jǐn zhāng zhuàng tài tense situation / standoff
 kuò zhāng yáng jǐ mid-oceanic ridge / mid-ocean ridge
 lǐ qí zhāng liáng Ricci
 nu:3 xiū dào zhāng abbess
 qǔ lu:4 zhāng liáng curvature
 xiāo zhāng bá hù arrogant and despotic
 xiāo zhāng qì yàn overweening attitude / threatening manner
 xuè mài fèn zhāng lit. blood vessels swell wide (idiom) / fig. one's blood runs quicker / to be excited
 zì zuò zhǔ zhāng to think for oneself and act accordingly (idiom) / to act on one's own initiative
  battle stress / combat stress
  spreading axis
  mushroom bullet / expanding bullet
  consciousness expanders
 hǎi dǐ kuò zhāng shuō theory of seafloor spreading (geology)
 mù zhāng zhǎn lǎn guǎn Makuhari
 xīn zàng shū zhāng yā diastolic blood pressure
 xuè qīng zhāng lì sù serotonin
 jīng suǒ jìng mài qū zhāng varicocele (medicine)
  specific tensile strength
  relaxation of tensions
  back-arc rift / back-arc spreading centre
  battle stress reaction / battle fatigue / battle shock reaction
  battle stress case / battle stress casualty / battle shock case / battle shock casualty
  rifted continental margin / rifted margin / divergent margin / extensional continental margin
 lí màn qǔ lu:4 zhāng liáng Riemann
  cross-cultural tension
  extended claim
  constructive divergent margin / constructive margin
  time of tension or war
  overlapping claims / competing claims
绿  Four Pillars of the Green Party
 sǐ le Zhāng tú fū , bù chī hùn máo zhū lit. just because Zhang the butcher dies, doesn't mean we'll have to eat pork mixed with bristles (idiom) / fig. nobody is indispensable
  FAO Advisory Committee on Pulp and Paper
 chuāng shāng hòu xīn lǐ yā lì jǐn zhāng zōng hé zhèng post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)
  Standing Committee on the Hides, Skins, and Leather Products Industry
  National Commission for Truth and Justice
  Justice Commandos of the Armenian Genocide
  International Conference on Basic Principles of Justice for Victims of Crime
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