丈 zhàng

unit of length equal 3.3 meters; gentleman, man, husband

HSK 2 #1242

DEFINITIONS

丈 zhàng
  • measure of length, ten Chinese feet (3.3 m)
  • to measure
  • husband
  • polite appellation for an older male

STROKES

WORDS

姑丈 gū zhàng husband of paternal aunt
岳丈 yuè zhàng father-in-law (wife's father)
市丈 shì zhàng zhang (Chinese unit of length equal to 3⅓ meters)
师丈 shī zhàng teacher's husband
師丈 shī zhàng teacher's husband
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[shu4 gao1 qian1 zhang4 , ye4 luo4 gui1 gen1]
樹高千丈，落葉歸根 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[shu4 gao1 qian1 zhang4 , ye4 luo4 gui1 gen1]
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); fig. everything has its ancestral home; in old age, an expatriate returns home
樹高千丈，葉落歸根 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); fig. everything has its ancestral home; in old age, an expatriate returns home
无毒不丈夫 wú dú bù zhàng fu no poison, no great man (idiom); A great man has to be ruthless.
無毒不丈夫 wú dú bù zhàng fu no poison, no great man (idiom); A great man has to be ruthless.
男子汉大丈夫 nán zǐ hàn dà zhàng fu (coll.) he-man
男子漢大丈夫 nán zǐ hàn dà zhàng fu (coll.) he-man
老丈 lǎo zhàng sir (respectful form of address for an old man)
万丈 wàn zhàng lit. ten thousand fathoms; fig. extremely high or deep; lofty; bottomless
萬丈 wàn zhàng lit. ten thousand fathoms; fig. extremely high or deep; lofty; bottomless
万丈高楼平地起 wàn zhàng gāo lóu píng dì qǐ towering buildings are built up from the ground (idiom); great oaks from little acorns grow
萬丈高樓平地起 wàn zhàng gāo lóu píng dì qǐ towering buildings are built up from the ground (idiom); great oaks from little acorns grow
道高一尺，魔高一丈 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.
魔高一丈，道高一尺 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.
十几丈 shí jǐ zhàng more than ten zhang (a traditional Chinese unit of length equal to about 3.33 meters); over ten yards
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