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


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