张 (張) zhāng

1. zhāng measure word a sheet; a leaf
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Quantity
   Notes: Used for pieces of paper, tickets, etc. (CCD '張' zhāng 6, p. 2415; FE '張' 3, p. 396; Guoyu '張' n 1; Mathews 1931 '張', p. 20; XHZD '張' zhāng 4, p. 955)
2. zhāng proper noun Zhang
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Names , Concept: Surname 姓氏
   Notes: (CCD '張' zhāng 8, p. 2415; FE '張' 4, p. 396; Guoyu '張' n 3; Mathews 1931 '張', p. 20)
3. zhāng verb to open; to draw [a bow]
   Domain: Literature 文学
   Notes: For example, 张弓 draw a bow (CCD '張' zhāng 1, p. 2415; FE '張' 1, p. 396; Guoyu '張' v 1; Mathews 1931 '張', p. 20; XHZD '張' zhāng 1, p. 954)
4. zhāng noun idea; thought
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 想法 or 主意; as in 主张 'viewpoint' (Guoyu '張' n 2)
5. zhāng verb to fix strings
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: On a string instrument (Guoyu '張' v 2)
6. zhāng verb to unfold; to unroll; to stretch
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 展开 (Guoyu '張' v 3; Mathews 1931 '張', p. 20)
7. zhāng verb to boast; to exaggerate
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 夸大; as in 夸张 (Guoyu '張' v 4; Mathews 1931 '張', p. 20)
8. zhāng verb to expand; to magnify
   Domain: Literature 文学
   Notes: In the sense of 扩大 (CCD '張' zhāng 3, p. 2415; Guoyu '張' v 5)
9. zhāng verb to display; to exhibit; to publish
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 陈设; for example, the idiom 张灯结彩 adorn with laterns and colored ribbons (CCD '張' zhāng 2, p. 2415; FE '張' 2, p. 396; Guoyu '張' v 6; Mathews 1931 '張', p. 20; XHZD '張' zhāng 2, p. 955)
10. zhāng verb to catch animals with a net
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (Guoyu '張' v 7; Mathews 1931 '張', p. 20)
11. zhāng verb to spy on; to look
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 窥探 (CCD '張' zhāng 4, p. 2415; Guoyu '張' v 8; XHZD '張' zhāng 3, p. 955)
12. zhāng adjective large
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 大 (Guoyu '張' adj)
13. zhàng noun swollen
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: As a variant of 胀 (Guoyu '張' zhàng; Mathews 1931 '張', p. 20)
14. zhāng proper noun Zhang [constellation]
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文 , Subdomain: Astronomy , Concept: Constellation 星座
    Notes: The 26th of the 28 constellations (CCD '張' zhāng 7, p. 2415; XHZD '張' zhāng 5, p. 955)
15. zhāng verb to open a new business
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (CCD '張' zhāng 5, p. 2415)
16. zhāng verb to fear
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: For example, 张惶 alarmed or 慌张 in a panic (Mathews 1931 '張', p. 20)

Contained in

• 大张旗鼓(大張旗鼓) to wave a huge flag
• 辰宿列张(辰宿列張) stars and lodges spread in the sky
• 铺张(鋪張) extravagance; ostentation ; to put in order; to arrange
• 张冠李戴(張冠李戴) to put Zhang's hat on Li's head; to attribute something to the wrong person
• 张饮(張飲) to throw a banquet
• 张口(張口) to gape; to yawn; to open one's mouth; to start speaking ; to talk carelessly; to talk out of place
• 张怡宁(張怡寧) Zhang Yining
• 静脉曲张(靜脈曲張) varicose veins
• 七嘴八张(七嘴八張) all talking at once
• 张三(張三) John Doe
• 张牙舞爪(張牙舞爪) to bare fangs and brandish claws; to make threatening gestures
• 剑拔弩张(劍拔弩張) with swords drawn and bows bent; a state of mutual hostility; at daggers drawn
• 张三李四(張三李四) Zhang's third son or Li's fourth son; either this person or that person; anybody
• 张家长，李家短(張家長，李家短) the Zhangs are better off than the Lis; to gossip about the neighbors
• 张弛(張弛) tension and relaxation
• 大张声势(大張聲勢) to spread one's voice wide; wide publicity
• 张望(張望) to peep; to look around
• 张扬(張揚) to publicize; to make known; to show off; to publish internationally ; Zhang Yang
• 一弛一张(一弛一張) alternately relaxing and tightening; relaxing and tightening as appropriate
• 虚张声势(虛張聲勢) (false) bravado; to bluff
• 大张挞伐(大張撻伐) to launch an all-out attack; to roundly condemn; to castigate
• 张玉书(張玉書) Zhang Yushu
• 箕张(箕張) for troops to advance in a formation with two wings
• 张灯结彩(張燈結彩) to adorn with laterns and tie colored ribbons
• 张果老(張果老) Zhang Guolao; Elder Zhang
• 张设(張設) to lay out
• 范张鸡黍(范張雞黍) Fan Zhang's arrangement for chicken and millet
• 张惶(張惶) alarmed
• 张放(張放) to arrange
• 自作主张(自作主張) to think for oneself and act accordingly; to act on one's own initiative
• 张仙(張仙) Zhang Xian

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张裔 、 张家川回族自治县 、 张保皐 、 张天翼 、 张北 、 张轨 、 张纯如 、 张爱玲 、 张德江 、 张充 、 张荫桓 、 张艺谋 、 张湾 、 张掖 、 张宝 、 张协 、 张仲景 、 张暄 、 张闻天 、 张百熙

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• 第六十五回 Chapter 65 Water Margin 水滸傳 — count: 103
• 《張耳陳餘列傳》 Biographies of Zhang Er and Chen Yu Records of the Grand Historian 史記 — count: 86
• 第七十回 Chapter 70 Water Margin 水滸傳 — count: 84
• 卷二十六 本紀第二十六 高宗三 Volume 26 Annals 26: Gaozong 3 History of Song 宋史 — count: 80
• 卷17　志第12 律曆中 Volume 17 Treatises 12: Measures and the Calendar 2 Book of Sui 隋書 — count: 75
• 卷二百〇八 志第一百六十一 藝文七 Volume 208 Treatises 161: Arts and Literature 7 History of Song 宋史 — count: 70
• 卷一百十二　表第六上: 宰相年表一 Volume 112 Tables 7: Chancellors 1 History of Yuan 元史 — count: 69
• 卷二十九 本紀第二十九 高宗六 Volume 29 Annals 29: Gaozong 6 History of Song 宋史 — count: 68
• 卷二十五 本紀第二十五 高宗二 Volume 25 Annals 25: Gaozong 2 History of Song 宋史 — count: 68
• 第七十回 Chapter 70 Romance of the Three Kingdoms 三國演義 — count: 67