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charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *长* | 长* | *长
long / (bound form) length / (bound form) strong point; forte / (bound form) to be good at / (literary) surplus; spare (Taiwan pr. [zhang4])
HSK 2
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *长* | 长* | *长
chief / head / elder / to grow / to develop / to increase / to enhance
HSK 2
head of a household / family head / patriarch / parent or guardian of a child
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
mayor
HSK 2
captain / team leader / CL: 個|个
HSK 2
(college, university) president / headmaster / CL: 個|个, ,
HSK 2
to grow up
HSK 2
group leader
HSK 2
class monitor / squad leader / team leader / CL: 個|个
HSK 2
long term / long time / long range (of a forecast)
HSK 3
the Great Wall
HSK 3
head of a (government etc) department / section chief / section head / secretary / minister / CL: 個|个, ,
HSK 3
to grow / to grow up / to be brought up
HSK 3
to grow; to increase
HSK 3
to mature / to grow / growth
HSK 3
head of an institute etc
HSK 3
good aspects / strong points
HSK 3
to prolong / to extend / to delay
HSK 4
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
length
HSK 5
bureau chief / CL: , 個|个
HSK 5
longevity / long-lived
HSK 5
regimental command / head of a delegation / group buy organizer; group-buying coordinator
HSK 5
very long / endless
HSK 5
factory director
HSK 5
long-term / long-range
HSK 6
long-distance running
HSK 6
long vacation
HSK 6
long-time; long-term / lasting; enduring; permanent / for a long time
HSK 6
department head / section chief
HSK 6
length / accident; mishap / right and wrong; good and bad; merits and demerits
HSK 6
captain (of a boat) / skipper
HSK 6
president of a club, committee etc
HSK 6
bureau chief
HSK 6
overall length / span
HSK 7-9
(idiom) talking endlessly; long-winded
HSK 7-9
expedition / long journey
HSK 7-9
chairman of the board of directors
HSK 7-9
appearance / looks / profile / countenance
HSK 7-9
to be effective over an extended period
HSK 7-9
military division level commander / teacher
HSK 7-9
to be good at; to be expert in
HSK 7-9
personal strength / one's special ability or strong points
HSK 7-9
one's elders / older generation
HSK 7-9
to extend as long as / to lengthen out to
HSK 7-9
long and tedious / redundant / superfluous / supernumerary / verbose (of writing)
HSK 7-9
specialty / special knowledge or ability
HSK 7-9
proficiency in a particular field (idiom) / skill in a specialized area (idiom)
HSK 7-9
remarkable (progress, improvement, expansion etc)
HSK 7-9
enduring while the world lasts (idiom) / eternal
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
slender / lanky / tall and thin
HSK 7-9
remain fresh / last forever / eternal
HSK 7-9
for a long time
HSK 7-9
Great Firewall of China (system for restricting access to foreign websites)
to spoil things through excessive enthusiasm (idiom)
Long March (retreat of the Red Army 1934-1935)
to control from a distance (idiom)
even if you build a thousand-league awning for it, every banquet must come to an end (idiom)
Changle, a district of Fuzhou City 福州市, Fujian
person in charge of a train station 車站|车站 (stationmaster), website 網站|网站 (webmaster), volunteer center 志工站 (center manager), etc
long life
year in, year out (idiom) / (over) many years
to remain forever new (idiom)
Yangtze River Delta
rectangle
Changling County in Songyuan 松原, Jilin
wavelength
tanystropheus, long-necked reptile from Triassic
(aviation) pilot-in-command; captain
enduring while the world lasts (idiom, from Laozi); eternal / for ever and ever (of friendship, hate etc) / also written 天長地久|天长地久
senior or older male schoolmate
(coll.) snake
village chief / mayor (of village or township)
person in charge of a place that ends in 園|园, such as a vineyard 葡萄園|葡萄园, zoo 動物園|动物园, cemetery 陵園|陵园 etc
head of provincial PRC government department
promenade / long hallway / Long Corridor in the Summer Palace, Beijing 北京頤和園|北京颐和园
Yangtze River, or Chang Jiang
how well a crop (or plant) is growing / growth
(bird species of China) long-billed murrelet (Brachyramphus perdix)
elder brother / term of respect for a man of about the same age
to look (pretty, the same etc)
to lengthen / to pull sth out longer
lit. the whip cannot reach (idiom); beyond one's influence / too far to be able to help
village chief; village head
Yanchang county in Yan'an 延安, Shaanxi
Changquan - Northern Shaolin (北少林) - Longfist - Martial Art
Chang'an (ancient name of Xi'an 西安) capital of China during Tang Dynasty 唐朝 / now 長安區|长安区, a district of Xi'an
(derog.) the Longhairs (Taiping rebels of the 19th century)
long-wool (sheep etc) / long-haired (dog etc)
to grow hair / to become mildewed
(fig.) guarantee of financial support for the rest of one's life
(literary) the vast sky / (finance) eventual downturn / poor prospects in the long term
long dark night / fig. long period of misery and oppression
Changqing district of Jinan city 濟南市|济南市, Shandong
long sleeves / long-sleeved shirt

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