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to open up / to spread / to extend
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
Leslie Cheung (1956-2003), Hong Kong singer and actor
Zhang Yi (1608-1695), prolific author and poet spanning interregnum between Ming and Qing
Eileen Chang (1920-1995), famous Chinese-American novelist
(idiom) with great fanfare; on a grand scale
A-Mei, aka Gulilai Amit (1972-), aboriginal Taiwanese pop singer
Chang Dai-chien or Zhang Daqian (1899-1983), one of the greatest Chinese artists of the 20th century
Zhangjiagang, a county-level city in Suzhou City 蘇州市|苏州市, Jiangsu
Cecilia Cheung (1980-), Hong Kong actress and pop singer
Zhang Dan (1985-), Chinese figure skater
nervous / keyed up / intense / tense / strained / in short supply / scarce / CL: 陣|阵
HSK 3
arrogant and despotic
(idiom) overweening attitude; threatening manner
Zhang Yimou (1950-), PRC film director
to make public / to disclose
to look in all directions (idiom) / to glance around
HSK 7-9
openly and without fear / brazenly
lit. with swords drawn and bows bent (idiom); fig. a state of mutual hostility / at daggers drawn
panic-stricken (idiom) / to be in a flustered state / also written 張惶失措|张惶失措
lit. to put Zhang's hat on Li's head / to attribute sth to the wrong person (idiom) / to confuse one thing with another
diastolic blood pressure
(idiom) to bluff; to bluster; to make an empty show of strength
Chang Chen (1976-), Taiwanese film actor
Zhang Tailei (1898-1927), founding member of Chinese communist party
Zhang Qian (-114 BC), Han dynasty explorer of 2nd century BC
(of a shop) to close down; to go out of business
to uphold (e.g. justice or virtue) / to promote
HSK 7-9
rampant / unbridled / arrogant / aggressive
seafloor spreading (geology)
Zhang Yang (1967-), PRC film director and screenwriter
to display ostentatiously / to bring out into the open / to make public / to spread around / flamboyant / brash
HSK 7-9
tension
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 Xueliang (1901-2001) son of Fengtian clique warlord, then senior general for the Nationalists and subsequently for the People's Liberation Army
Zhang Xianzhong (1606-1647), leader of a late-Ming peasant revolt
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
paper
to open a business / first transaction of a business day
HSK 7-9
Zhang Ji (767-830), Tang Dynasty poet
Zhangjiajie, prefecture-level city in Hunan Province 湖南省
recalcitrant / unreasonable / peevish
lit. Zhang Three and Li Four (idiom) / (fig.) any Tom, Dick or Harry
Jacky Cheung or Hok Yau Jacky (1961-), Cantopop and film star
Zhang Hua (232-300), Western Jin writer, poet and politician / Zhang Hua (1958-1982), student held up as a martyr after he died saving an old peasant from a septic tank / other Zhang Hua's too numerous to mention
Zhang Jingchu (1980-), PRC actress
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to open up / to spread / sheet of paper / classifier for flat objects, sheet / classifier for votes
HSK 3
quietly / without ostentation
to exaggerate / overstated; exaggerated / hyperbole / (coll.) excessive; ridiculous; outrageous
HSK 7-9
hypertension / excessive stress
flustered / agitated
HSK 7-9
Zhangdian District of Zibo city 淄博市, Shandong
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
brash / insolent / frantic
out of one's mind
sexual tension
(idiom) to act on one's own; to decide for oneself
to open one's mouth (to eat, speak etc) / to gape / to start talking (esp. to make a request)
Zhang Zeduan (1085-1145), Song dynasty painter
to relax and expand / (physiology) diastole
Zhang Tianyi (1906-1985), children's writer, author of prize-winning fairy tale Secret of the Magic Gourd 寶葫蘆的秘密|宝葫芦的秘密
to advocate / to stand for / view / position / stand / proposition / viewpoint / assertion / CL: 個|个
HSK 3
Zhang Dai (1597-c. 1684), late Ming scholar
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 Juzheng (1525-1582), Grand Secretary during the Ming dynasty, credited with bringing the dynasty to its apogee
Zhang Wentian (1900-1976), CCP party leader and theorist
(four proverbial names) Tom, Dick and Harry
to be decorated with lanterns and colored banners (idiom)
HSK 7-9
opitoshtonous (med.), muscular spasm of the body associated with tetanus and meningitis
Maggie Cheung (1964-), Hong Kong actress
to look around / to peep (through a crack) / to peer at / to throw a look at
ostentation / extravagance
to spread one's voice wide (idiom); wide publicity
Zhang Gaoli (1946-), PRC politician
Zhangye, prefecture-level city in Gansu Province 甘肅省|甘肃省
if you lift the headrope the meshes spread open (idiom) / take care of the big things and the little things will take care of themselves / (of a piece of writing) well-structured and ordered
tension and relaxation
Zhang Chunqiao (1917-2005), one of the Gang of Four
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
Zhang Heng (78-139) great Han dynasty astronomer and mathematician
expansion / dilation / to expand (e.g. one's power or influence) / to broaden
HSK 7-9
tense situation / standoff
Zhang Yining (1981-), PRC female table tennis player and Olympic gold medalist
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
sola bill of exchange (international trade)
Zhang Zuolin (c. 1873-1928), warlord of Manchuria 1916-1928
Zhang Zhizhong (1890-1969), National Revolutionary Army general
tensor (math.)
(printing) proof; specimen page / sample photograph / (fashion design) pattern sheet
to post (a notice) / to advertise
HSK 7-9
varicose veins
alarmed / flustered

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