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


Tip: Pinyin can be entered with or without tone numbers, e.g. 'nihao' or 'ni3hao3'.
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