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article / essay / literary works / writings / hidden meaning / CL: , , 頁|页
HSK 3
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *章* | 章* | *章
chapter / section / clause / movement (of symphony) / seal / badge / regulation / order
HSK 6
to break the rules / to violate regulations
HSK 7-9
seal / signet / chop / stamp / CL:
HSK 7-9
logical / only to be expected / rational and clearly structured (of text)
HSK 7-9
disordered and in a mess (idiom); all mixed up and chaotic
HSK 7-9
(idiom) (of one's speech) eloquent / articulate
HSK 7-9
medal; decoration
HSK 7-9
octopus
official seal
chapter / section
armband / armlet / shoulder emblem
prologue / preface / preamble
badge / emblem / insignia / crest / logo / coat of arms
concise list of rules / brochure / pamphlet
rule; regulation
movement (of a symphony)
to affix a seal / to stamp (a document) / to sign off on sth
signature
rules / regulations / constitution / statute / articles of association (of company) / articles of incorporation / charter (of a corporation) / by-laws
Magna Carta
chapter; section (of a written work); passage of writing; (fig.) chapter (in the history of sth)
medal / CL:
newspapers
charter
lapel badge / CL:
rules and regulations
rule
to form a coherent composition
to make an issue of sth / to fuss / to make a song and dance
stamp / seal / CL:
to take great pains / to go to a lot of trouble
memorial badge / souvenir badge / CL:
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *章* | 章* | *章
surname Zhang
(idiom) to quote out of context
to agree on three laws (idiom) / three-point covenant / (fig.) preliminary agreement / basic rules
military medal
(lit. and fig.) rubber stamp
party constitution
badge
The Nine Chapters on the Mathematical Art
poetry and prose / rhetoric
collar insignia
Yizhang county in Chenzhou 郴州, Hunan
Mazhang District of Zhanjiang City 湛江市, Guangdong
armband (e.g. as part of uniform or to show status)
to act in accordance with the old rules (idiom) / to follow a proven formula
a beautiful speech or piece of writing / your beautiful article (honorific)
institution / institutional
memorial to the Emperor
epaulet / shoulder loop / shoulder mark
(literary) effort; trouble; pains (to get sth done) / (literary) frightened; terrified
some deeper meaning in this / more to it than meets the eye / there's sth behind all this
according to the regulations
badge / insignia / lapel badge (e.g. with miniature portrait of great national leader)
Mazhang District of Zhanjiang City 湛江市, Guangdong
court crown beneath straw shoe (idiom); everything turned upside down
coat of arms
seal / stamp
takoyaki (octopus dumpling), a Japanese snack food
takoyaki (octopus dumpling), a Japanese snack food
Li Hung-chang or Li Hongzhang (1823-1901), Qing dynasty general, politician and diplomat
superficial show / going through the motions
Zhang Taiyan 章太炎 (1869-1936), scholar, journalist, revolutionary and leading intellectual around the time of the Xinhai revolution
Great Bauhinia Medal (GBM), Hong Kong's highest honor
Zhang Shizhao (1881-1973), revolutionary journalist in Shanghai, then established writer
Zhang Taiyan (1869-1936), scholar, journalist, revolutionary and leading intellectual around the time of the Xinhai revolution
Zhang Ziyi (1979-), PRC actress
(southern dialects) red armband
Wu Yuzhang (1878-1966), writer, educator and communist politician
The Sutra in Forty-two Sections Spoken by the Buddha, the first Chinese Buddhist text, translated in 67 AD by Kasyapa-Matanga 迦葉摩騰|迦叶摩腾 and Gobharana 竺法蘭|竺法兰 (Dharmaraksha)
officialese / red tape
Yizhang county in Chenzhou 郴州, Hunan
charter
the Chartist movement (in the 1840s in England)
private seal / stamp inked on the back of one's hand (used to prove that one has paid to enter a venue etc)
Cao Yuzhang (1924-1996), modern writer and publisher, author of Tales from 5000 Years of Chinese History 上下五千年
service regulation
chop suey (American Chinese dish)
sample chapter
novel in chapters, main format for long novels from the Ming onwards, with each chapter headed by a summary couplet
street name in ancient Chang'an synonymous with brothel area / red-light district
Zhanggong district of Ganzhou city 贛州市|赣州市, Jiangxi
Zhanggong district of Ganzhou city 贛州市|赣州市, Jiangxi
United Nations charter
film badge
(literary) beautiful writing
to appraise
He Zhizhang (659-744), Tang dynasty poet
to go to the brothel on horseback (idiom); to visit prostitutes
violator / lawbreaker
recreative seal, bearing not the owner's name but a well-known verse or such, and used for artistic purposes on paintings etc
Charter 08, PRC pro-democracy petition of December 2008


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