"Length" • Chinese-English Dictionary

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 shàng xià up and down / top and bottom / old and young / length / about / more or less
 cháng dù length
 piàn cháng length (duration) of a film
 cháng duǎn length / accident / mishap / right and wrong / good and bad / merits and demerits
 piān fu length (of a piece of writing) / space occupied on a printed page
 cháng length / long / forever / always / constantly
 jié to cut off (a length) / to stop / to intercept / section / chunk / length
 mào length / distance from north to south
 chān length (of a tree or beam) / long
 shí hou time / length of time / moment / period
 yīng cùn inch (unit of length equal to 2.54 cm.)
 zòng héng lit. warp and weft in weaving / vertically and horizontal / length and breadth / criss-crossed / able to move unhindered / abbr. for 合縱連橫|合纵连横[He2 zong4 Lian2 heng2], School of Diplomacy during the Warring States Period (475-221 BC)
线 quán xiàn the whole front (in a war) / the whole length (of a road or railway line)
 quán cháng overall length / span
 jiāo jù focal length / focal distance
 yīng chǐ foot (unit of length equal to 0.3048 m)
 Yīng lǐ mile (unit of length equal to 1.609 km)
 xué zhì educational system / length of schooling
 shì lǐ li (Chinese unit of length equal to 500 meters)
 zǒng cháng total length
 wěi wěi (to speak) at length / engagingly / captivatingly
 shēn cháng height (of person) / length of clothing from shoulders to bottom (tailor or dressmaker's measure)
 gōng líng length of service / seniority
 lǐ li, ancient measure of length, approx. 500 m / neighborhood / ancient administrative unit of 25 families / (Tw) borough, administrative unit between the township 鎮|镇[zhen4] and neighborhood 鄰|邻[lin2] levels
 tǐ cháng body length
 fēn to divide / to separate / to distribute / to allocate / to distinguish (good and bad) / (bound form) branch of (an organization) / sub- (as in 分局[fen1 ju2]) / fraction / one tenth (of certain units) / unit of length equivalent to 0.33 cm / minute (unit of time) / minute (angular measurement unit) / a point (in sports or games) / 0.01 yuan (unit of money)
 biān cháng (geometry) side length
 pū chén to arrange / to spread out / to narrate in detail / to describe at great length / to elaborate
 bāng zi watchman's clapper / wooden clappers with bars of unequal length / abbr. for 梆子腔[bang1 zi5 qiang1]
 cōng cháng jì yì to take one's time making a decision (idiom) / to consider at length
 cóng cháng jì yì (idiom) to take one's time making a decision / to consider at length
 sōng jǐn dài (a length of) elastic
西 Hé xī Zǒu láng Hexi Corridor (or Gansu Corridor), a string of oases running the length of Gansu, forming part of the Northern Silk Road
 hūn líng length of married life / marriageable age / actual marrying age
 fèi huà to talk at length / to waste one's breath / variant of 廢話|废话[fei4 hua4]
 pò zhé hào dash / Chinese dash ── / (punct., double the length of the western dash)
 bù jí bù lí to be neither too familiar nor too distant / to keep sb at arm's length
 shì fēn fen (Chinese unit of length equal to ⅓ / centimeter)
 jūn líng length of military service
 zhàng measure of length, ten Chinese feet (3.3 m) / to measure / husband / polite appellation for an older male
 mǎ weight / number / code / to pile / to stack / classifier for length or distance (yard), happenings etc
 líng age / length of experience, membership etc
 cùn a unit of length / inch / thumb
 zhǐ 8 in. length unit of Zhou dynasty
 rèn unit of length used in ancient times, equal to 7 or 8 Chinese feet 尺[chi3]
 tuǒ length of 2 outstretched arms
 lán full length gown (old)
 jīn jīn jiào liàng to bicker at length over a trivial matter (idiom)
 bào chéng planing length
 cháng dù zhǐ shì fú length indicator
 chǐ foot (unit of length equal to 0.3048 m) / old form of modern 英尺[ying1 chi3]
 cí cháng xiào yìng word length effect
 lū su long-winded (dialect) / to talk at length
寿 shòu shu predestined length of life
寿 shòu xiàn lifetime / length of life
寿 nián shòu length of life / life span
线 hú xiàn cháng arc length / length of a curve segment
 hú cháng arc length (the length of a curve segment)
 hú cháng cān shù parametrization by arc length (of a space curve)
 xiù fà chuí jiān beautiful shoulder length hair (idiom)
 gū jie r short length / small section or portion
 cháng dù dān wèi unit of length
 yīn cháng sound duration / length of a musical note
 jià líng length of experience as a driver
  non-arm's length transaction
  Convention concerning the Maximum Length of Contracts of Employment of Indigenous Workers
 shēn suō shì qiāng tuō adjustable length buttstock / adjustable stock
 shēn suō tuō adjustable length buttstock / adjustable stock
  arm's length principle
 zhǎ span (unit of length based on the width of the expanded human hand) / to span (measure with one's hand)
 shì zhàng zhang (Chinese unit of length equal to 3⅓ / meters)
 shì chǐ chi (Chinese unit of length equal to ⅓ / meter)
 fà jiǎo a length of hair
 shì lí li (Chinese unit of length equal to ⅓ / millimeter)
 shì cùn cun (Chinese unit of length equal to ⅓ / decimeter)
 zhàng bā shé máo ancient spear-like weapon 18 Chinese feet 尺[chi3] in length, with a wavy spearhead like a snake's body
 Shān běn tóu (Tw) "Yamamoto haircut", similar to a butch cut, but with even length (no tapering on the sides and back), said to be named after Admiral Yamamoto 山本五十六[Shan1 ben3 Wu3 shi2 liu4]
 yǐ lǎo - mài lǎo (idiom) to flaunt one's seniority / to rely on one's age or length of experience to control or belittle others
 bó shì - mǎi lu:2 (idiom) to act like the scholar who wrote at length about buying a donkey without even mentioning the word "donkey" / to write at length without ever getting to the point
 bù tóu length of a book
 cháng kuān length and width / size / dimensions
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