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章

zhāng

Definition

chapter
section
clause
movement (of symphony)
seal
badge
regulation
order

Character Decomposition

Compounds (16)

to block; to hinder; to obstruct

abbr. for Jiangxi Province 江西省; Gan River in Jiangxi Province 江西省

clear; conspicuous; manifest

ancient stone ornament

camphor; Cinnamonum camphara

Zhang river in Fujian

cliff; range of peaks

malaria; miasma

cockroach

hanging scroll

river deer; roebuck

place name

bright; to rise (of sun)

husband's father

octopus

cataract in the eye

Related words (56)

rule

street name in ancient Chang'an synonymous with brothel area; red-light district

seal; stamp

rules; regulations; constitution; statute; articles of association (of company); articles of incorporation; charter (of a corporation); by-laws

chapter; section

octopus

zhāng huí xiǎo shuō

novel in chapters, main format for long novels from the Ming onwards, with each chapter headed by a summary couplet

movement (of a symphony)

badge; insignia; lapel badge (e.g. with miniature portrait of great national leader)

party constitution

official seal

a beautiful speech or piece of writing; your beautiful article (honorific)

institution; institutional

medal; decoration

seal; signet; chop; stamp

effort; trouble; pains (to get sth done); flustered; frightened

stamp; seal

medal

charter

badge; emblem; insignia; crest; logo; coat of arms

to form a coherent composition

newspapers

article; essay; literary works

according to the regulations

to affix a seal; to stamp (a document); to sign off on sth

signature

concise list of rules; brochure; pamphlet

writing; sections and chapters

charter

coat of arms

epaulet; shoulder loop; shoulder mark

lapel badge

armband; armlet; shoulder emblem

memorial to the Emperor

armband (e.g. as part of uniform or to show status)

rule; regulation

badge

to appraise

poetry and prose; rhetoric

to break the rules; to violate regulations

recreative seal, bearing not the owner's name but a well-known verse or such, and used for artistic purposes on paintings etc

collar insignia

zuò wén zhāng

to make an issue of sth; to fuss; to make a song and dance

jūn gōng zhāng

military medal

xiàn zhāng pài

the Chartist movement (in the 1840s in England)

hóng bì zhāng

(southern dialects) red armband

jì niàn zhāng

memorial badge; souvenir badge

wéi zhāng zhě

violator; lawbreaker

chū kǒu chéng zhāng

to speak like a printed book; quick and clever talking; the gift of the gab

dà yǒu wén zhāng

some deeper meaning in this; more to it than meets the eye; there's sth behind all this

dà fèi zhōu zhāng

to take great pains; to go to a lot of trouble

guān yàng wén zhāng

officialese; red tape

fú wù guī zhāng

service regulation

jiāo piàn pèi zhāng

film badge

biǎo miàn wén zhāng

superficial show; going through the motions

shùn lǐ chéng zhāng

logical; only to be expected; rational and clearly structured (of text)

Idioms (6)

zhāng fǔ jiàn lǚ

court crown beneath straw shoe (idiom); everything turned upside down

duàn zhāng qǔ yì

(lit.) to take meaning from cut segment (idiom); to interpret out of context; to focus attention on one phrase without regard to the meaning of the whole piece

zá luàn wú zhāng

disordered and in a mess (idiom); all mixed up and chaotic

shuài yóu jiù zhāng

to act in accordance with the old rules (idiom); to follow a proven formula

yuē fǎ sān zhāng

to agree on three laws (idiom); three-point covenant; (fig.) preliminary agreement; basic rules

zǒu mǎ zhāng tái

to go to the brothel on horseback (idiom); to visit prostitutes

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