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to advocate / to stand for / view / position / stand / proposition / viewpoint / assertion / CL: 個|个
HSK 3
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *張* | 張* | *張
to open up / to spread / sheet of paper / classifier for flat objects, sheet / classifier for votes
HSK 3
to look in all directions (idiom) / to glance around
HSK 7-9
nervous / keyed up / intense / tense / strained / in short supply / scarce / CL: 陣|阵
HSK 3
Chinese poker
to post (a notice) / to advertise
HSK 7-9
(idiom) with great fanfare; on a grand scale
brash / insolent / frantic
Zhang Ning (1975-), PRC female badminton player and Olympic gold medalist
Maggie Cheung (1964-), Hong Kong actress
to exaggerate / overstated; exaggerated / hyperbole / (coll.) excessive; ridiculous; outrageous
HSK 7-9
(idiom) to act on one's own; to decide for oneself
surface tension
Zhang Fei (168-221), general of Shu and blood-brother of Liu Bei in Romance of the Three Kingdoms, famous as fearsome fighter and lover of wine
to bare fangs and brandish claws (idiom); to make threatening gestures
(idiom) any Tom, Dick or Harry; anyone
expansion / dilation / to expand (e.g. one's power or influence) / to broaden
HSK 7-9
to spread one's voice wide (idiom); wide publicity
to uphold (e.g. justice or virtue) / to promote
HSK 7-9
Zhang Zuolin (c. 1873-1928), warlord of Manchuria 1916-1928
to take care of / to raise money / to attend to (guests, customers etc)
lit. Zhang Three and Li Four (idiom) / (fig.) any Tom, Dick or Harry
panic-stricken (idiom) / to be in a flustered state / also written 張惶失措|张惶失措
Jacky Cheung or Hok Yau Jacky (1961-), Cantopop and film star
Zhangjiakou, prefecture-level city in Hebei Province 河北省
to be decorated with lanterns and colored banners (idiom)
HSK 7-9
to open a business / first transaction of a business day
HSK 7-9
Leslie Cheung (1956-2003), Hong Kong singer and actor
Zhang Zizhong (1891-1940), Chinese National Revolutionary Army general during the Second Sino-Japanese War
(idiom) overweening attitude; threatening manner
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *張* | 張* | *張
surname Zhang
Zhang Xueliang (1901-2001) son of Fengtian clique warlord, then senior general for the Nationalists and subsequently for the People's Liberation Army
A-Mei, aka Gulilai Amit (1972-), aboriginal Taiwanese pop singer
Zhang Xu (probably early 8th century), Tang dynasty poet and calligrapher, most famous for his grass script 草書|草书
varicocele (medicine)
to make public / to disclose
Zhang Yining (1981-), PRC female table tennis player and Olympic gold medalist
openly and without fear / brazenly
Cecilia Cheung (1980-), Hong Kong actress and pop singer
Zhang Yimou (1950-), PRC film director
Chang Chen (1976-), Taiwanese film actor
tension
(idiom) to bluff; to bluster; to make an empty show of strength
quietly / without ostentation
Zhang Sengyou (active c. 490-540), one of the Four Great Painters of the Six Dynasties 六朝四大家
Zhang Juzheng (1525-1582), Grand Secretary during the Ming dynasty, credited with bringing the dynasty to its apogee
Zhang Dejiang (1946-), PRC politician
to put on an act (idiom); to pose / to show theatrical affectation / to indulge in histrionics
Zhang Zhidong (1837-1909), prominent politician in late Qing
Zhang San, name for an unspecified person, first of a series of three: 張三|张三, 李四, 王五 Tom, Dick and Harry / (dialect) wolf
Zhangjiagang, a county-level city in Suzhou City 蘇州市|苏州市, Jiangsu
ostentation / extravagance
Zhang Jue (-184), leader of the Yellow turban rebels during the late Han
paper
Zhang Yi (-309 BC), political strategist of the School of Diplomacy 縱橫家|纵横家 during the Warring States Period (475-221 BC)
Zhang Dai (1597-c. 1684), late Ming scholar
flustered / agitated
HSK 7-9
Chang Dai-chien or Zhang Daqian (1899-1983), one of the greatest Chinese artists of the 20th century
to open one's mouth (to speak, esp. to make a request) / to gape
to relax and expand / (physiology) diastole
opitoshtonous (med.), muscular spasm of the body associated with tetanus and meningitis
Zhang Zeduan (1085-1145), Song dynasty painter
recalcitrant / unreasonable / peevish
Jang Song-taek (1946-2013), brother-in-law of Kim Jong-il 金正日, uncle and mentor of Kim Jong-un 金正恩, in 2013 accused of being a counter-revolutionary and executed
extravagance and waste (idiom)
diastolic blood pressure
Zhang Xianzhong (1606-1647), leader of a late-Ming peasant revolt
Zhang Ruoxu (c. 660-720), Tang dynasty poet, author of yuefu poem River on a spring night 春江花月夜
Zhang Gaoli (1946-), PRC politician
hypertension / excessive stress
(of a shop) to close down; to go out of business
Angela Chang (1982-), Taiwanese pop singer and actress
Jung Chang (1952-), British-Chinese writer, name at birth Zhang Erhong 張二鴻|张二鸿, author of Wild Swans 野天鵝|野天鹅 and Mao: The Unknown Story 毛澤東·鮮為人知的故事|毛泽东·鲜为人知的故事
to look around / to peep (through a crack) / to peer at / to throw a look at
Ming dynasty scholar (1602–1641), prolific writer, proponent of the Fushe 復社|复社 cultural renewal movement, author of Five Men's Tombstone Inscription 五人墓碑記|五人墓碑记
lit. to restring one's bow / to reform and start over again
Zhang Tingyu (1672-1755), Qing politician, senior minister to three successive emperors, oversaw compilation of History of the Ming Dynasty 明史 and the Kangxi Dictionary 康熙字典
tension and relaxation
Zhangdian District of Zibo city 淄博市, Shandong
Zhang Zhixin (1930-1975) female revolutionary and martyr, who followed the true Marxist-Leninist line as a party member, and was arrested in 1969, then executed in 1975 after opposing the counterrevolutionary party-usurping conspiracies of Lin Biao and the Gang of Four, and only rehabilitated posthumously in 1979
Zhang Jingchu (1980-), PRC actress
(printing) proof; specimen page / sample photograph / (fashion design) pattern sheet
varicose veins
Zhang Yi (1608-1695), prolific author and poet spanning interregnum between Ming and Qing
lit. with swords drawn and bows bent (idiom); fig. a state of mutual hostility / at daggers drawn
Eileen Chang (1920-1995), famous Chinese-American novelist
Zhangye, prefecture-level city in Gansu Province 甘肅省|甘肃省
to display ostentatiously / to bring out into the open / to make public / to spread around / flamboyant / brash
HSK 7-9
Zhang Yizhi (-705), Tang dynasty politician and favorite of Empress Wu Zetian 武則天|武则天
Zhang Wentian (1900-1976), CCP party leader and theorist
(four proverbial names) Tom, Dick and Harry
Chamberlain (name) / Wilt Chamberlain (1936-1999), US basketball player
tense situation / standoff
Zhangjiajie, prefecture-level city in Hunan Province 湖南省

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