坊 - fāng - Chinese character definition, English meaning and stroke order

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7 strokes
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坊

fāng

Definition

lane (usually as part of a street name)
memorial archway

Other pronunciations

fáng

workshop
mill

Character Decomposition

Related words (6)

坊間

fāng jiān

street stalls; bookshops; in the streets

坊間傳言

fāng jiān chuán yán

rumors; the word on the street

memorial arch

neighborhood

memorial arch in honor of a chaste widow

既要當婊子又要立牌坊

jì yào dāng biǎo zi yòu yào lì pái fāng

see 又想當婊子又想立牌坊

Idioms (1)

又想當婊子又想立牌坊

yòu xiǎng dāng biǎo zi yòu xiǎng lì pái fāng

(lit.) to lead the life of a whore but still want a monument put up to one's chastity (idiom); (fig.) to have bad intentions but still want a good reputation; to want to have one's cake and eat it too

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