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zhàng

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Definitions

  1. 1. measure of length, ten Chinese feet (3.3 m)
  2. 2. to measure
  3. 3. husband

Example Sentences

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她與 夫離婚。
Source: Tatoeba.org (ID 781427)

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Words Containing 丈

方丈
fāng zhang

one of three fabled islands in Eastern sea, abode of immortals

男子汉大丈夫
nán zǐ hàn dà zhàng fu

(coll.) he-man

师丈
shī zhàng

teacher's husband

古丈县
gǔ zhàng xiàn

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]

丈母
zhàng mǔ

wife's mother

万丈光芒
wàn zhàng guāng máng

boundless radiance; splendor

叔丈母
shū zhàng mǔ

wife's aunt

树高千丈,落叶归根
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[shù gāo qiān zhàng , yè luò guī gēn]

岳丈
yuè zhàng

father-in-law (wife's father)

万丈
wàn zhàng

lit. ten thousand fathoms

树高千丈,叶落归根
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)

丈量
zhàng liáng

to measure

一落千丈
yī luò qiān zhàng

lit. to drop a thousand zhang in one fall (idiom)

公丈
gōng zhàng

decameter

丈母娘
zhàng mǔ niáng

wife's mother

姨丈
yí zhàng

mother's sister's husband

万丈高楼平地起
wàn zhàng gāo lóu píng dì qǐ

towering buildings are built up from the ground (idiom)

姑丈
gū zhàng

husband of paternal aunt

大丈夫
dà zhàng fu

a manly man

叔丈人
shū zhàng rén

wife's uncle

丈八蛇矛
zhàng bā shé máo

ancient spear-like weapon 18 Chinese feet 尺[chǐ] in length, with a wavy spearhead like a snake's body

丈二金刚摸不着头脑
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[zhàng èr hé shang , mō bu zháo tóu nǎo]

姐丈
jiě zhàng

brother-in-law

丈人
zhàng rén

wife's father (father-in-law)

火冒三丈
huǒ mào sān zhàng

to get really angry

道高一尺,魔高一丈
dào gāo yī chǐ , mó gāo yī zhàng

(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

市丈
shì zhàng

zhang (Chinese unit of length equal to 3⅓ meters)

老丈人
lǎo zhàng ren

(coll.) father-in-law (wife's father)

丈二和尚,摸不着头脑
zhàng èr hé shang , mō bu zháo tóu nǎo

lit. like a three-meter high monk, you can't rub his head (idiom)

大丈夫能屈能伸
dà zhàng fu néng qū néng shēn

A leader can submit or can stand tall as required.

无毒不丈夫
wú dú bù zhàng fu

no poison, no great man (idiom); A great man has to be ruthless.

古丈
gǔ zhàng

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]

丈夫
zhàng fu

husband