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丈
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Definitions
- 1. measure of length, ten Chinese feet (3.3 m)
- 2. to measure
- 3. husband
Example Sentences
1 shown她與 丈 夫離婚。
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Words Containing 丈
one of three fabled islands in Eastern sea, abode of immortals
(coll.) he-man
teacher's husband
Guzhang County in Xiangxi Tujia and Miao Autonomous Prefecture 湘西土家族苗族自治州[xiāng xī tǔ jiā zú miáo zú zì zhì zhōu]
wife's mother
boundless radiance; splendor
wife's aunt
see 樹高千丈,葉落歸根|树高千丈,叶落归根[shù gāo qiān zhàng , yè luò guī gēn]
father-in-law (wife's father)
lit. ten thousand fathoms
fig. a tree may grow a thousand zhang high, but its leaves return to their roots (proverb)
to measure
lit. to drop a thousand zhang in one fall (idiom)
decameter
wife's mother
mother's sister's husband
towering buildings are built up from the ground (idiom)
husband of paternal aunt
a manly man
wife's uncle
ancient spear-like weapon 18 Chinese feet 尺[chǐ] in length, with a wavy spearhead like a snake's body
see 丈二和尚,摸不著頭腦|丈二和尚,摸不着头脑[zhàng èr hé shang , mō bu zháo tóu nǎo]
brother-in-law
wife's father (father-in-law)
to get really angry
(idiom) as one climbs higher on the path of righteousness, one faces ever greater challenges from evil; no sooner does one overcome one obstacle than another arises
zhang (Chinese unit of length equal to 3⅓ meters)
(coll.) father-in-law (wife's father)
lit. like a three-meter high monk, you can't rub his head (idiom)
A leader can submit or can stand tall as required.
no poison, no great man (idiom); A great man has to be ruthless.
Guzhang County in Xiangxi Tujia and Miao Autonomous Prefecture 湘西土家族苗族自治州[xiāng xī tǔ jiā zú miáo zú zì zhì zhōu]
husband