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zoengˉ¹張
简 张
Pinyin: zhang1
Translations
nounlook
nountense; strained
noundisplay; set out; show up
nounmagnify; exaggerate
nounstretch; open; spread
nounclassifier for objects that are flat (paper, ticket, table) or stretchable (bow, mouth)
noun(verb) open (month)
zoengˉ¹張bunˊ²本
简 张本
Pinyin: zhang1 ben3
Translations
nounan anticipatory action; a hint foreshadowing later development in a story; an anticipatory remark
nounZhang Ben, name of a politician in the Ming Dynasty
zoengˉ¹張hauˊ²口
简 张口
Pinyin: zhang1 kou3
Translations
nounyawn, open mouth; talk carelessly or out of place
zingˍ₆靜makˍ₆脈kukˉ¹曲zoengˉ¹張
简 静脉曲张
Pinyin: jing4 mai4 qu1 zhang1
Translations
nounphlebeurysma; varicosity; varix
kwaaˉ¹誇zoengˉ¹張
简 夸张
Pinyin: kua1 zhang1
Translations
nounto exaggerate, to overstate
dungˉ¹東zoengˉ¹張saiˉ¹西mongˍ₆望
简 东张西望
Pinyin: dong1 zhang1 xi1 wang4
Translations
nounlook in every direction; glance this way and that; gaze/peer around
kong˗₃擴zoengˉ¹張hei˗₃器
简 扩张器
Pinyin: kuo4 zhang1 qi4
Translations
noundilator
jatˉ¹一zoengˉ¹張jeˏ₅嘢
简 一张嘢
Pinyin: yi1 zhang1 ye3
Translations
nounone yuan; one dollar
nouna piece of..
zoengˉ¹張gaaˉ¹家gaai˗₃界
简 张家界
Pinyin: zhang1 jia1 jie4
Translations
nounZhangjiajie prefecture level city in Hunan, formerly Dayong (大庸)
zoengˉ¹張mukˍ₆目
简 张目
Pinyin: zhang1 mu4
Translations
nounopen one's eyes wide
zoengˉ¹張likˍ₆力
简 张力
Pinyin: zhang1 li4
Translations
nountension
daaiˍ₆大ziˊ²紙zoengˉ¹張
简 大纸张
Pinyin: da4 zhi3 zhang1
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nounfoolscap
gouˉ¹高zoengˉ¹張
简 高张
Pinyin: gao1 zhang1
Translations
nounhigh-, hyper-
zoengˉ¹張saamˉ¹三leiˏ₅李sei˗₃四
简 张三李四
Pinyin: zhang1 san1 li3 si4
Translations
nounany Tom, Dick or Harry; any man in the street
nounZhang, Li or anybody
goiˊ²改jinˎ₄弦gangˉ¹更zoengˉ¹張
简 改弦更张
Pinyin: gai3 xian2 geng1 zhang1
Translations
nounchange over to new ways; make a fresh start
nounto make a fresh start; to start a total reform; to change policy
gim˗₃劍batˍ₆拔nouˏ₅弩zoengˉ¹張
简 剑拔弩张
Pinyin: jian4 ba2 nu3 zhang1
Translations
nouna state of mutual hostility (lit., with swords drawn and bows bent)
hei˗₃氣jimˍ₆焰hiuˉ¹囂zoengˉ¹張
简 气焰嚣张
Pinyin: qi4 yan4 xiao1 zhang1
Translations
nounbrimming with arrogance; full of pride; all puffed up with pride
noun(noun) the unbearable arrogance or conceit of someone
syunˉ¹宣cyunˎ₄傳daanˉ¹單zoengˉ¹張
简 宣传单张
Pinyin: xuan1 chuan2 dan1 zhang1
Translations
nounpromotional leaflet; publicity leaflet
nounpromotional leaflets
hoiˉ¹開zoengˉ¹張
简 开张
Pinyin: kai1 zhang1
Translations
nounopen a business
zauˉ¹周sanˉ¹身douˉ¹刀mouˏ₅冇zoengˉ¹張leiˍ₆利
简 周身刀冇张利
Pinyin: zhou1 shen1 dao1 mao3 zhang1 li4
Translations
nounKnives all over one's body, none of them sharp
nounjack of all trades but master of none
nouna proverb which describes someone who does not even has a single specialized skill; 'jack of all trades, master of none'; literally 'there is not a single knife on his/her body that is sharp'
neiˏ₅你jauˏ₅有zoengˉ¹張loengˎ₄良gai˗₃計,,ngo5我jauˏ₅有gwo˗₃過coengˎ₄牆taiˉ¹梯
简 你有张良计,我有过墙梯
Pinyin: ni3 you3 zhang1 liang2 ji4 , wo3 you3 guo5 qiang2 ti1
Translations
nounone always can come up with a strategy to overcome another strategy
ziˊ²紙zoengˉ¹張
简 纸张
Pinyin: zhi3 zhang1
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nounpaper
zoengˉ¹張saamˉ¹三fungˉ¹丰
简 张三丰
Pinyin: zhang1 san1 feng1
Translations
nounZhang San Feng, born Zhang Tong, in Liaodong. His birthdate is unknown (960, 1247 or 1279). A semi-mythical Chinese Taoist priest and legendary culture hero, credited by modern practitioners as having originated the concepts of Neijia 內家, soft / internal martial arts, specifically Taijiquan/Tai Chi Chuan 太極拳 (source: Wikipedia)
noun張三豐
nounZhang Sanfeng
ganˊ²緊zoengˉ¹張
简 紧张
Pinyin: jin3 zhang1
Translations
noun(adjective) (of feeling) excited
hoiˉ¹開zoengˉ¹張daaiˍ₆大gatˉ¹吉
简 开张大吉
Pinyin: kai1 zhang1 da4 ji2
Translations
nounauspicious beginning of a new enterprise; the grand opening