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  *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
to grow; to increase
HSK 3
captain / team leader / CL: 個|个
HSK 2
the Great Wall
HSK 3
president of a club, committee etc
HSK 6
group leader
HSK 2
long-term / long-range
HSK 6
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
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 grow up
HSK 2
(idiom) talking endlessly; long-winded
HSK 7-9
long term / long time / long range (of a forecast)
HSK 3
factory director
HSK 5
to mature / to grow / growth
HSK 3
head of a (government etc) department / section chief / section head / secretary / minister / CL: 個|个, ,
HSK 3
(college, university) president / headmaster / CL: 個|个, ,
HSK 2
bureau chief
HSK 6
long vacation
HSK 6
to prolong / to extend / to delay
HSK 4
to grow / to grow up / to be brought up
HSK 3
head of a household / family head / patriarch / parent or guardian of a child
HSK 2
very long / endless
HSK 5
good aspects / strong points
HSK 3
Nanchang, a district of Wuxi City 無錫市|无锡市, Jiangsu
length
HSK 5
class monitor / squad leader / team leader / CL: 個|个
HSK 2
proficiency in a particular field (idiom) / skill in a specialized area (idiom)
HSK 7-9
packet size (computing)
minister of finance
enduring while the world lasts (idiom) / eternal
HSK 7-9
head of an institute etc
HSK 3
department head / section chief
HSK 6
remain fresh / last forever / eternal
HSK 7-9
for a long time
HSK 7-9
to gain knowledge and experience
bureau chief / CL: , 個|个
HSK 5
long term
growth mindset
line (i.e. of people waiting) / queue
conductor / train manager
Changjiang River / Yangtze River
long-distance running
HSK 6
to be good at; to be expert in
HSK 7-9
good prospects in the long term (finance)
long COVID
Hasegawa (Japanese surname)
regimental command / head of a delegation / group buy organizer; group-buying coordinator
HSK 5
economic growth
the summer solstice
specialty / special knowledge or ability
HSK 7-9
Sauvignon blanc (grape type)
captain (of a boat) / skipper
HSK 6
chairman of the board of directors
HSK 7-9
the Great Wall
longevity / long-lived
HSK 5
chief of staff
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
(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
head of a committee
length / accident; mishap / right and wrong; good and bad; merits and demerits
HSK 6
longboard
long-time; long-term / lasting; enduring; permanent / for a long time
HSK 6
Changchun, sub-provincial city and capital of Jilin Province 吉林省
Changge, a county-level city in Xuchang City 許昌市|许昌市, Henan
village chief / mayor (of village or township)
slender / lanky / tall and thin
HSK 7-9
Yangtze River Delta
assistant (government) minister
lit. you can't gain knowledge without practical experience (idiom) / fig. wisdom only comes with experience
senior
to foster strengths and avoid weaknesses (idiom) / to play to one's strengths
military division level commander / teacher
HSK 7-9
middle distance race
senior or older male schoolmate
to spoil things through excessive enthusiasm (idiom)
Yangtze River, or Chang Jiang
overall length / span
HSK 7-9
Changning County in Yibin 宜賓|宜宾, Sichuan / Changning District in Shanghai
long-term coexistence
boot
to be effective over an extended period
HSK 7-9
unexpected misfortune / unexpected accident / sudden death
village chief; village head
governor of a province
rafting on the Yangtze River (abbr. for 長江漂流|长江漂流)
(coll.) (a person's) long legs
store manager
Chang'an (ancient name of Xi'an 西安), capital of several Chinese dynasties from 202 BC to 907 CE / see 長安區|长安区
senior official / senior officer / commanding officer / CL: / sir (term of address for senior officer)
body length
to encourage / to foster / to foment
foreign minister / secretary of state / minister of foreign affairs
lit. until you reach the Great Wall, you're not a proper person; fig. to get over difficulties before reaching the goal
to excel at (typically used after the area of expertise) (Example: 以研究見長|以研究见长 to be known for one's research)
the rough (golf)
remarkable (progress, improvement, expansion etc)
HSK 7-9
primate order (including monkeys, hominids etc)

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