wàn zhàng
lit. ten thousand fathoms
fig. extremely high or deep
lofty
bottomless
zhàng
measure of length, ten Chinese feet (3.3 m)
to measure
husband
polite appellation for an older male
fāng zhang
square zhang (i.e. unit of area 10 feet square)
monastic room 10 feet square
Buddhist or Daoist abbot
abbot's chamber
Fāng zhang
one of three fabled islands in Eastern sea, abode of immortals
zhàng mǔ niáng
wife's mother
mother-in-law
same as 丈母
zhàng rén
wife's father (father-in-law)
old man
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]
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.
yí zhàng
mother's sister's husband
husband of mother's sister
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]
yuè zhàng
father-in-law (wife's father)
zhàng mǔ
wife's mother
mother-in-law
wú dú bù zhàng fu
no poison, no great man (idiom); A great man has to be ruthless.
dà zhàng fu néng qū néng shēn
A leader can submit or can stand tall as required.
ready to give and take
flexible
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 , 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
lǎo zhàng ren
(coll.) father-in-law (wife's father)
wàn zhàng gāo lóu píng dì qǐ
towering buildings are built up from the ground (idiom)
great oaks from little acorns grow
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.
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]
shì zhàng
Chinese unit of length equal to 3⅓ meters
jiě zhàng
older sister's husband
brother-in-law
dà zhàng fu
a manly man
a man of character
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 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
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
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.
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