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mayor
HSK 2
the head of an institution whose name ends in ; chair of a board; university president; college dean; premier of the Republic of China / CL: 個|个
HSK 2
to grow up
HSK 2
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *長* | 長* | *長
long / (bound form) length / (bound form) strong point; forte / (bound form) to be good at / (literary) surplus; spare (Taiwan pr. [zhang4])
HSK 2
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  *長* | 長* | *長
chief / head / elder / to grow / to develop / to increase / to enhance
HSK 2
group leader
HSK 2
(college, university) president / headmaster / CL: 個|个, ,
HSK 2
head of a household / family head / patriarch / parent or guardian of a child
HSK 2
captain / team leader / CL: 個|个
HSK 2
class monitor / squad leader / team leader / CL: 個|个
HSK 2
long term / long time / long range (of a forecast)
HSK 3
to mature / to grow / growth
HSK 3
to grow; to increase
HSK 3
head of a (government etc) department / section chief / section head / secretary / minister / CL: 個|个, ,
HSK 3
head of an institute etc
HSK 3
to grow / to grow up / to be brought up
HSK 3
the Great Wall
HSK 3
good aspects / strong points
HSK 3
long distance / long-distance phone call (abbr. for 長途電話|长途电话) / long-distance coach (abbr. for 長途汽車|长途汽车)
HSK 4
to prolong / to extend / to delay
HSK 4
regimental command / head of a delegation / group buy organizer; group-buying coordinator
HSK 5
length
HSK 5
bureau chief / CL: , 個|个
HSK 5
longevity / long-lived
HSK 5
very long / endless
HSK 5
factory director
HSK 5
long-distance running
HSK 6
captain (of a boat) / skipper
HSK 6
long-term / long-range
HSK 6
bureau chief
HSK 6
length / accident; mishap / right and wrong; good and bad; merits and demerits
HSK 6
long-time; long-term / lasting; enduring; permanent / for a long time
HSK 6
department head / section chief
HSK 6
long vacation
HSK 6
president of a club, committee etc
HSK 6
one's elders / older generation
HSK 7-9
chairman of the board of directors
HSK 7-9
specialty / special knowledge or ability
HSK 7-9
to extend as long as / to lengthen out to
HSK 7-9
to be effective over an extended period
HSK 7-9
to be good at; to be expert in
HSK 7-9
appearance / looks / profile / countenance
HSK 7-9
military division level commander / teacher
HSK 7-9
expedition / long journey
HSK 7-9
long and tedious / redundant / superfluous / supernumerary / verbose (of writing)
HSK 7-9
proficiency in a particular field (idiom) / skill in a specialized area (idiom)
HSK 7-9
personal strength / one's special ability or strong points
HSK 7-9
remarkable (progress, improvement, expansion etc)
HSK 7-9
(idiom) talking endlessly; long-winded
HSK 7-9
overall length / span
HSK 7-9
for a long time
HSK 7-9
slender / lanky / tall and thin
HSK 7-9
(idiom) (of people) born and raised in the locality; (of art forms, political parties, enterprises, products etc) developed locally from the outset; wholly indigenous
HSK 7-9
enduring while the world lasts (idiom) / eternal
HSK 7-9
remain fresh / last forever / eternal
HSK 7-9
(idiom) to make a long story short; to keep it brief
continuous and patient effort (idiom)
Changbai Korean autonomous county in Baishan 白山, Jilin
see 長樂區|长乐区 / Princess Changle of Western Wei of the Northern Dynasties 西魏, given in marriage c. 545 to Bumin Khan 土門|土门
auxin (plant growth hormone)
Defense secretary / Defense Minister
governor (of a province or colony) / (US) state governor / (Australian) state premier
(bird species of China) common tailorbird (Orthotomus sutorius)
a long time
executive chef / head chef
(bird species of China) grey-bellied wren-babbler (Spelaeornis reptatus)
assistant (government) minister
to stretch; to extend
Yangtze River Delta Economic Zone (economic region including Shanghai, Zhejiang and Jiangsu)
body length
not improving; backward; below par
Changtai, a district of Zhangzhou City 漳州市, Fujian
total length
name used for cabinet ministers between 1912-1927, superseded by 部長|部长
lit. thin streams flow forever / fig. economy will get you a long way / to work steadily at something little by little
(euphemism) to rest eternally; to lie buried in (one's final resting place)
an elder; a senior
Evergreen (Group), Taiwan-based shipping and transportation conglomerate
parent-teacher conference / parents' association
(aviation) pilot-in-command; captain
(bird species of China) black-throated bushtit (Aegithalos concinnus)
strip
director general
endless night (idiom); fig. long suffering
(literary) the vast sky / (finance) eventual downturn / poor prospects in the long term
Changling County in Songyuan 松原, Jilin
chairman (of a legislative assembly) / speaker
Changning district, central Shanghai
elder / term of respect for a Buddhist monk
(coll.) to learn one's lesson; to have enough brains to learn from one's mistakes
Changle, a district of Fuzhou City 福州市, Fujian
ancient official title
(bird species of China) Mrs. Hume's pheasant (Syrmaticus humiae)
We wish you long life and riches! (idiom, conventional greeting)
Changbin or Changpin township in Taitung County 臺東縣|台东县, southeast Taiwan
a good thing doesn't last forever (idiom)
the winter days are short and the nights long (idiom)

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