万古长新 | wàn gǔ cháng xīn | to remain forever new (idiom) |
万里长江 | Wàn lǐ Cháng jiāng | Changjiang river; Yangtze river |
董事长 | dǒng shì zhǎng | chairman of the board; chairman |
萧万长 | Xiāo Wàn cháng | Vincent C. Siew (1939-), Taiwanese diplomat and Kuomintang politician, prime minister 1997-2000, vice-president from 2008 |
兰郑长成品油管道 | Lán Zhèng Cháng chéng pǐn yóu guǎn dào | Lanzhou-Zhengzhou-Changsha oil pipeline |
兰郑长管道 | Lán Zhèng Cháng guǎn dào | Lanzhou-Zhengzhou-Changsha oil pipeline |
行政长官 | xíng zhèng zhǎng guān | chief executive; magistrate |
行长 | háng zhǎng | bank president |
亲水长廊 | qīn shuǐ cháng láng | waterside promenade |
词长效应 | cí cháng xiào yìng | word length effect |
语重心长 | yǔ zhòng xīn cháng | meaningful and heartfelt words (idiom); sincere and earnest wishes |
说来话长 | shuō lái huà cháng | start explaining and it's a long story (idiom); complicated and not easy to express succinctly |
说长道短 | shuō cháng dào duǎn | lit. to discuss sb's merits and demerits (idiom); to gossip |
论长道短 | lùn cháng dào duǎn | lit. to discuss sb's merits and demerits (idiom); to gossip |
谢长廷 | Xiè Cháng tíng | Frank Chang-ting Hsieh (1946-), Taiwanese DPP politician, mayor of Kaohsiung 1998-2005 |
负增长 | fù zēng zhǎng | negative growth; economic recession |
财政部长 | cái zhèng bù zhǎng | minister of finance (e.g. of PRC) |
财长 | cái zhǎng | treasurer; head of finances; minister of finance |
较短絜长 | jiào duǎn xié cháng | to compare long and short; to compare the pros and cons |
较长 | jiào cháng | comparatively long |
较长絜短 | jiào cháng xié duǎn | to compare long and short; to compare the pros and cons |
辉长岩 | huī cháng yán | gabbro (geology) |
道长 | Dào Zhǎng | Taoist priest; Daoist priest |
边长 | biān cháng | length (of a side, geom.) |
部长会 | bù zhǎng huì | minister level conference |
部长级 | bù zhǎng jí | ministerial level (e.g. negotiations) |
部长级会议 | bù zhǎng jí huì yì | minister level conference |
乡长 | xiāng zhǎng | village chief; mayor (of village or township) |
长三角经济区 | Cháng sān jiǎo jīng jì qū | Yangtze River Delta Economic Zone (economic region including Shanghai, Zhejiang and Jiangsu) |
长假 | cháng jià | long vacation; refers to one week national holiday in PRC starting 1st May and 1st Oct |
长兄 | zhǎng xiōng | eldest brother |
长凳 | cháng dèng | pew; bench; CL:张 |
长出 | zhǎng chū | to sprout (leaves, buds, a beard etc) |
长吁短叹 | cháng xū duǎn tàn | long moan and short gasp (idiom); continually moaning and groaning in pain |
长命富贵 | cháng mìng fù guì | We wish you long life and riches! (idiom, conventional greeting) |
长坂坡七进七出 | cháng bǎn pō qī jìn qī chū | famous scene in Romance of the Three Kingdoms in which Zhao Yun 赵云 charges seven times through the ranks of Cao Cao's armies |
长垣 | Cháng yuán | Changyuan county in Xinxiang 新乡, Henan |
长垣县 | Cháng yuán xiàn | Changyuan county in Xinxiang 新乡, Henan |
长城卡 | cháng chéng kǎ | Great Wall Card (credit card issued by Bank of China) |
长城饭店 | Cháng chéng fàn diàn | Great Wall Hotel (Beijing Sheraton 喜来登) |
长寿区 | Cháng shòu qū | Changshou suburban district of Chongqing municipality, formerly in Sichuan |
长夜漫漫 | cháng yè màn màn | endless night (idiom); fig. long suffering |
长夜难明 | cháng yè nán míng | lit. many nights under a harsh moon; long years of oppression (idiom) |
长姊 | zhǎng zǐ | older sister |
长子的名份 | zhǎng zǐ de míng fèn | birthright |
长子县 | Cháng zǐ xiàn | Changzhi county in Changzhi 长治, Shanxi |
长孙无忌 | Zhǎng sūn Wú jì | Zhangsun Wuji (c. 594-659), politician and historian of early Tang |
长安区 | Cháng ān qū | Chang'an district of Xi'an city 西安市, Shaanxi; Chang'an district of Shijiazhuang city 石家庄市, Hebei |
长宁区 | Cháng níng qū | Changning district, central Shanghai |
长宁县 | Cháng níng xiàn | Changning county in Yibin 宜宾, Sichuan |