zhǎng cháng

long; length; excel in; leader

DEFINITIONS

長 zhǎng
  • chief
  • head
  • elder
  • to grow
  • to develop
  • to increase
  • to enhance
長 cháng
  • length
  • long
  • forever
  • always
  • constantly

STROKES

WORDS

友誼天地久 yǒu yì tiān cháng dì jiǔ see 友誼地久天長|友谊地久天长[You3 yi4 di4 jiu3 tian1 chang2]
補短 qǔ cháng bǔ duǎn lit. use others' strengths to make up for one's weak points (idiom from Mencius); to use this in place of that; what you lose on the swings, you win on the roundabouts
sī zhǎng bureau chief
吃一塹,一智 chī yī qiàn , zhǎng yī zhì Fall into the moat and you'll be wiser next time (idiom); One only learns from one's mistakes.
各顯所 gè xiǎn suǒ cháng each displays their own strengths (idiom)
君子坦蕩蕩,小人戚戚 jūn zi tǎn dàng dàng , xiǎo rén cháng qī qī good people are at peace with themselves, (but) there is no rest for the wicked
jūn zhǎng (old) sovereign; tribal leader
zhōu cháng perimeter; circumference; variant of 周長|周长[zhou1 chang2]
啦啦隊 lā lā duì zhǎng cheerleader
國務官 guó wù zhǎng guān secretary of state (esp. historical, or Japanese or Korean usage)
國會議 guó huì yì zhǎng chair (or president, speaker etc) of national congress
國防部 guó fáng bù zhǎng Defense secretary; Defense Minister
yuán zhǎng person in charge of a place that ends in 園|园, such as a vineyard 葡萄園|葡萄园, zoo 動物園|动物园, cemetery 陵園|陵园 etc
tuán zhǎng regimental command; head of a delegation
土生土 tǔ shēng tǔ zhǎng locally born and bred; indigenous; home-grown
地久天 dì jiǔ tiān cháng enduring while the world lasts (idiom, from Laozi); eternal; for ever and ever (of friendship, hate etc); also written 天長地久|天长地久
執行 zhí xíng zhǎng chief executive
zēng zhǎng to grow; to increase
天 zēng zhǎng tiān Virudhaka (one of the Heavenly Kings)
率 zēng zhǎng lǜ growth rate (esp. in economics)
壽命不 shòu mìng bù cháng one's days are numbered; not to have long to live (often fig.)
外交部 wài jiāo bù zhǎng minister of foreign affairs
wài zhǎng foreign minister; secretary of state; minister of foreign affairs
大修道院 dà xiū dào yuàn zhǎng abbot
大排龍 dà pái cháng lóng to form a long queue (idiom); (of cars) to be bumper to bumper