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Collins Chinese-English Dictionary

[zhāng]
  1. 1. verb [打开] open
    大嘴巴
    open one's mouth wide
  2. 2. verb [展开] extend
    stretch
  3. 3. verb [夸大] exaggerate
    exaggerate
  4. 4. verb [看] look
    西望
    look around
  5. 5. verb [开业] open for business
    商店要开了。
    The shop is about to open for business.
  6. 6. verb [陈设] lay … on
    他们结婚时不想大筵席。
    When they get married, they don't want to lay on a big reception.
  7. 7. measure word
    海报
    a poster
    书桌
    a desk

Comprehensive Chinese-English Dictionary (1 result)

[zhāng]
  1. 1. brace
  2. 2. sheet
  3. 3. draw
  4. 4. break
  5. 5. piece
  6. 6. set
  7. 7. Chang

Contemporary Standard Chinese Dictionary (1 result)

[zhāng]
  1. 1. 拉开弓弦
    剑拔弩
  2. 2. 绷紧;紧迫
    一弛,文武之道。
  3. 3. 打开;展开
    开翅膀。
    牙舞爪。
    纲举目
  4. 4. 扩大;夸大
    声势。
  5. 5. 放纵;放肆
  6. 6. 陈设;布置
    筵席。
    灯结彩。
    贴。
  7. 7. (商店等)开业
  8. 8. a)用于可以开和闭拢的东西
    纸。
    烙饼。
    桌子。
  9. 9. 星宿名,二十八宿之一。
  10. 10. 看;望
    望。
    西望。

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我有两明晚芭蕾舞剧的票,给你一
I have two ballet tickets for tomorrow evening. You can have one.
表需贴两一寸的近照。
You need to stick a recent photo of yours on this form.
和小李长得很像,他总是把小误认为是小李。
Xiao Zhang and Xiao Li resemble each other very much, so he often takes Xiao Zhang for Xiao Li.
到照相馆拍了穿着戏衣的艺术照。
Xiao Zhang went to the photo studio, and got dressed in stage costumes to take an artistic picture.
看到自己的男人在和一个女人很亲密地开玩笑,夫人醋意勃发。
今天的比赛裁判掏了两红牌。
The referee showed two red cards in the game today.
胡同把角儿有一个人正在四处望。
A man is watching at the corner of the hutong.
在美术方面他是一白纸,得从头学起。
He knows practically nothing about art, so he has to learn from scratch.
老答应给我们题写榜书。
Mr. Zhang agreed to write words on our horizontal inscribed board.
我家里收藏着几清代的宝钞。
My family has some paper money dating back to the Qing Dynasty.

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nciku Note

Measure words

Measure words

Except in Chinese idioms and some special conditions, numerals are generally not used to modify nouns directly. One needs to put specific measure words between them, e.g. "五人", "十八线", "一百多蚂蚁","一战役"。

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[zhāng]

  • Scene:

    张嘴 / opening his mouth

  • Examples:

    张开手,张开翅膀,张牙舞爪

  • Description:

    张 means to open or expand.

Related video notes: 张、翻、开、睁

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