放长线钓大鱼
fàng cháng xiàn diào dà yú
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use a long line to catch a big fish (idiom); a long-term plan for major returns
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教学相长
jiào xué xiāng zhǎng
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when you teach someone, both teacher and student will benefit
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教育部长
jiào yù bù zhǎng
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Minister of Education;
Director of Education Department
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教长
jiào zhǎng
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dean;
mullah;
imam (Islam);
see also 伊瑪目|伊玛目[yi1 ma3 mu4]
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斜长石
xié cháng shí
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plagioclase (rock-forming mineral, type of feldspar)
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春生,夏长,秋收,冬藏
chūn shēng , xià zhǎng , qiū shōu , dōng cáng
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sow in spring, develop in summer, harvest in autumn, store in winter (idiom)
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时长
shí cháng
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duration
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昼短夜长
zhòu duǎn yè cháng
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the winter days are short and the nights long (idiom)
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最年长
zuì nián zhǎng
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eldest
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会长团
huì zhǎng tuán
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presidency (Mormon Church)
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李长春
lǐ cháng chūn
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Li Changchun (1944-), PRC politician
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东家长西家短
dōng jiā cháng xī jiā duǎn
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to gossip (idiom)
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棕额长尾山雀
zōng é cháng wěi shān què
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(bird species of China) rufous-fronted bushtit (Aegithalos iouschistos)
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检察总长
jiǎn chá zǒng zhǎng
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Prosecutor-General (Tw)
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正长石
zhèng cháng shí
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orthoclase KAlSi3O8 (rock-forming mineral, type of feldspar)
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气贯长虹
qì guàn cháng hóng
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spirit reaches to the rainbow;
full of noble aspiration and daring
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没长眼
méi zhǎng yǎn
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see 沒長眼睛|没长眼睛[mei2 zhang3 yan3 jing5]
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没长眼睛
méi zhǎng yǎn jing
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(coll.) are you blind or something?;
look where you're going
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法国长棍
fǎ guó cháng gùn
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baguette
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消长
xiāo zhǎng
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to ebb and rise;
to decrease and then grow
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源远流长
yuán yuǎn liú cháng
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lit. source is distant and the flow is long (idiom); fig. sth goes back to the dim and distant past;
a lot of water has flowed under the bridge since then
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漫漫长夜
màn màn cháng yè
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endless night (idiom); fig. long suffering
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营运长
yíng yùn zhǎng
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chief operating officer (COO) (Tw)
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争长论短
zhēng cháng lùn duǎn
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lit. to argue who is right and wrong (idiom); to quibble;
a storm in a teacup
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片长
piàn cháng
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length (duration) of a film
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