Zhāng Jìng chū
Zhang Jingchu (1980-), PRC actress
Zhāng Yí níng
Zhang Yining (1981-), PRC female table tennis player and Olympic gold medalist
Zhāng Yì móu
Zhang Yimou (1950-), PRC film director
Zhāng Yáng
Zhang Yang (1967-), PRC film director and screenwriter
zhǎng
chief
head
elder
to grow
to develop
to increase
to enhance
zhāng
to open up
to spread
sheet of paper
classifier for flat objects, sheet
classifier for votes
shū qiān
bookmark
CL:張|张[zhāng]
also written 書籤|书签[shū qiān]
zhǎng
to rise (of prices, rivers)
zhāng
chapter
section
clause
movement (of symphony)
seal
badge
regulation
order
Hóng Wǔ
Hongwu Emperor, also written Hung-wu Ti , reign name of first Ming emperor Zhu Yuanzhang 硃元璋|朱元璋[Zhū Yuán zhāng] (1328-1398), reigned 1386-1398, Temple name明太祖[Míng Tài zǔ]
zhǎng
palm of the hand
sole of the foot
paw
horseshoe
to slap
to hold in one's hand
to wield
sì rén bāng
Gang of Four: Jiang Qing 江青, Zhang Chunqiao 張春橋, Yao Wenyuan 姚文元, Wang Hongwen 王洪文, who served as scapegoats for the excesses of the cultural revolution
zhàng
to block
to hinder
to obstruct
zhàng
dropsical
swollen
to swell
to be bloated
zhàng
measure of length, ten Chinese feet (3.3 m)
to measure
husband
polite appellation for an older male
zhāng
clear
conspicuous
manifest
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
camphor
Cinnamonum camphara
zhàng
weaponry
to hold (a weapon)
to wield
to rely on
to depend on
war
battle
jiān bing
thin pancake
CL:張|张[zhāng]
zhàng
account
bill
debt
CL:本[ben3],筆|笔[bi3]
Zhāng Guó tāo
Zhang Guotao (1897-1979), Chinese communist leader in the 1920s and 1930s, defected to Guomindang in 1938
fāng zhang
square zhang (i.e. unit of area 10 feet square)
monastic room 10 feet square
Buddhist or Daoist abbot
abbot's chamber
zhàng
covering veil
canopy
screen
tent
variant of 賬|账[zhang4]
zhàng
a staff
a rod
cane
walking stick
to flog with a stick (old)
Zhāng Héng
Zhang Heng (78-139) great Han dynasty astronomer and mathematician
Míng shǐ
History of the Ming Dynasty, twenty fourth of the 24 dynastic histories 二十四史[Er4 shi2 si4 Shi3], compiled under Zhang Tingyu 張廷玉|张廷玉[Zhang1 Ting2 yu4] in 1739 during the Qing Dynasty, 332 scrolls
Zhāng Zǐ yí
Zhang Ziyi (1979-), PRC actress
shí miàn mái fú
Ambush from ten sides (pipa solo piece)
House of Flying Daggers (2004 movie by Zhang Yimou 張藝謀|张艺谋[Zhang1 Yi4 mou2])
Zhāng Bīn
Zhang Bin (1979-), CCTV sports presenter
Zhāng Dà qiān
Chang Dai-chien or Zhang Daqian (1899-1983), one of the greatest Chinese artists of the 20th century
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 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 Níng
Zhang Ning (1975-), PRC female badminton player and Olympic gold medalist
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
dì dòng yí
the world's first seismograph invented by Zhang Heng 张衡 in 132
abbr. for 候風地動儀|候风地动仪
Zhāng Xù
Zhang Xu (probably early 8th century), Tang dynasty poet and calligrapher, most famous for his grass script 草書|草书
Zhāng Wén tiān
Zhang Wentian (1900-1976), CCP party leader and theorist
Zhāng Dān
Zhang Dan (1985-), Chinese figure skater
bǎo hú lu de mì mì
Secret of the magic gourd (1958), prize-winning children's fairy tale by Zhang Tian'yi 張天翼|张天翼[Zhang1 Tian1 yi4]
Mǎn chéng jìn dài huáng jīn jiǎ
Curse of the Golden Flower (2007), period drama movie by Zhang Yimou
Zhāng xiàn
Zhang county in Dingxi 定西[Ding4 xi1], Gansu
Wǔ hǔ jiàng
Liu Bei's five great generals in Romance of the Three Kingdoms, namely: Guan Yu 關羽|关羽, Zhang Fei 張飛|张飞, Zhao Yun 趙雲|赵云, Ma Chao 馬超|马超, Huang Zhong 黃忠|黄忠
Zhāng Jué
Zhang Jue (-184), leader of the Yellow turban rebels during the late Han
Huáng tǔ dì
Yellow Earth, 1984 movie by Zhang Yimou 張藝謀|张艺谋[Zhang1 Yi4 mou2]
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 Qiān
Zhang Qian (-114 BC), Han dynasty explorer of 2nd century BC
Zhāng Jū zhèng
Zhang Juzheng (1525-1582), Grand Secretary during the Ming dynasty, credited with bringing the dynasty to its apogee
Zhāng Zhī dòng
Zhang Zhidong (1837-1909), prominent politician in late Qing
Zhāng Tài yán
Zhang Taiyan (1869-1936), scholar, journalist, revolutionary and leading intellectual around the time of the Xinhai revolution
Zhāng Zuò lín
Zhang Zuolin (c. 1873-1928), warlord of Manchuria 1916-1928
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 Chūn qiáo
Zhang Chunqiao (1917-2005), one of the Gang of Four
Zhāng Bǎo
Zhang Bao (-184), leader of the Yellow Turban rebels during the late Han 漢朝|汉朝[Han4 chao2]
Wǔ líng yuán qū
Wuling district of Zhangjiajie city 張家界市|张家界市[Zhāng jiā jiè shì], Hunan
Zhāng Dài
Zhang Dai (1597-c. 1684), late Ming scholar
Zhāng Zì zhōng
Zhang Zizhong (1891-1940), Chinese National Revolutionary Army general during the Second Sino-Japanese War
Zhāng yí
Zhang Yi (1608-1695), prolific author and poet spanning interregnum between Ming and Qing
Zhāng Xiàn zhōng
Zhang Xianzhong (1606-1647), leader of a late-Ming peasant revolt
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, murdered in 1975 after opposing the counter-revolutionary party-usurping conspiracies of Lin Biao and the Gang of Four, and only rehabilitated posthumously in 1979
Táo yuán sān jié yì
the oath of brotherhood in the Peach Garden, sworn by Liu Bei 劉備|刘备, Zhang Fei 張飛|张飞 and Guan Yu 關於|关于 at the start of the Romance of Three Kingdoms 三國演義|三国演义
Zhāng Zhì zhōng
Zhang Zhizhong (1890-1969), National Revolutionary Army general
Zhāng Jí
Zhang Ji (767-830), Tang Dynasty poet
Zòng héng Jiā
School of Diplomacy of the Warring States Period (475-221 BC) whose leading advocates were Su Qin 蘇秦|苏秦[Sū Qín] and Zhang Yi 張儀|张仪[Zhàng Yí]
Zhāng Shì zhāo
Zhang Shizhao (1881-1973), revolutionary journalist in Shanghai, then established writer
Zhāng Tiān yì
Zhang Tian'yi (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
Zhāng Zé duān
Zhang Zeduan (1085-1145), Song dynasty painter
Zhāng sān Lǐ sì
Zhang and Li (idiom); Zhang with tight trousers and Li with wide hat
Tom, Dick and Harry
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 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 Bǐng lín
Zhang Taiyan 章太炎 (1869-1936), scholar, journalist, revolutionary and leading intellectual around the time of the Xinhai revolution
Zhāng Tài léi
Zhang Tailei (1898-1927), founding member of Chinese communist party
Shào Piāo píng
Shao Piaoping (1884-1926), pioneer of journalism and founder of newspaper Beijing Press 京報|京报, executed in 1926 by warlord Zhang Zuolin 張作霖|张作霖
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]
wǔ rén mù bēi jì
Five tombstone inscriptions (1628), written by Zhang Pu 張溥|张溥[Zhang1 Pu3]
fù shè
late Ming cultural renewal movement, led by Zhang Pu 張溥|张溥[Zhāng Pǔ] and others
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 Sēng yóu
Zhang Sengyou (active c. 490-540), one of the Four Great Painters of the Six dynasties 六朝四大家
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 Huá míng
Zhang Huaming (person name)
jiǔ wěi guī
nine-tailed turtle of mythology
The Nine-tailed Turtle, novel by late Qing novelist Zhang Chunfan 張春帆|张春帆
hòu fēng dì dòng yí
the world's first seismograph invented by Zhang Heng 张衡 in 132
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
Sū bào àn
Qing's 1903 suppression of revolutionary calls in newspaper 蘇報|苏报, leading to imprisonment of Zhang Taiyan 章太炎 and Zou Rong 鄒容|邹容
Zhāng Chūn fān
Zhang Chunfan (-1935), late Qing novelist, author of The Nine-tailed Turtle 九尾龜|九尾龟
Zhāng Huá guāng
Zhang Huaguang (person name)
lòu shuǐ zhuàn hún tiān yí
water-driven armillary sphere (Zhang Heng's famous astronomical apparatus)
Zhāng fēi dǎ Yuè fēi
lit. Zhang Fei fights Yue Fei
fig. an impossible combination
an impossible turn of events (idiom)
liù cháo sì dà jiā
Four Great Painters of the Six dynasties, namely: Cao Buxing 曹不興|曹不兴, Gu Kaizhi 顧愷之|顾恺之, Lu Tanwei 陸探微|陆探微 and Zhang Sengyou 張僧繇|张僧繇
hún yí zhù
book by Han dynasty astronomer Zhang Heng
Zhèng zì tōng
Zhengzitong, Chinese character dictionary with 33,549 entries, edited by Ming scholar Zhang Zilie 張自烈|张自烈[Zhang1 Zi4 lie4] in 17th century
Fù shè
late Ming cultural renewal movement, led by Zhang Pu 張溥|张溥[Zhang1 Pu3] and others
Zhāng Dé jiāng
Zhang Dejiang (1946-), PRC politician
Zhāng Cháng
Zhang Chang, official and scholar of the Eastern Han dynasty
Zhāng Zì liè
Zhang Zilie (1597-1673), Ming dynasty scholar, author of Zhengzitong 正字通[Zheng4 zi4 tong1]
Zhāng Yìn huán
Zhang Yinhuan (1837-1900), late Qing politician and senior Chinese diplomat
Zhāng Gāo lì
Zhang Gaoli (1946-), PRC politician
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
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
Zòng héng jiā
School of Diplomacy of the Warring States Period (475-221 BC) whose leading advocates were Su Qin 蘇秦|苏秦[Su1 Qin2] and Zhang Yi 張儀|张仪[Zhang4 Yi2]
Dà hóng Dēng lóng Gāo gāo Guà
Raise the Red Lantern (1991), movie by Zhang Yimou 張藝謀|张艺谋[Zhang1 Yi4 mou2]
Táo yuán Sān Jié yì
Oath of the Peach Garden, sworn by Liu Bei 劉備|刘备[Liu2 Bei4], Zhang Fei 張飛|张飞[Zhang1 Fei1] and Guan Yu 關羽|关羽[Guan1 Yu3] at the start of the Romance of Three Kingdoms 三國演義|三国演义[San1 guo2 Yan3 yi4]