张 | zhāng | to open up; to spread; sheet of paper; classifier for flat objects, sheet; classifier for votes; surname Zhang |
张力 | zhāng lì | tension |
张之洞 | Zhāng Zhī dòng | Zhang Zhidong (1837-1909), prominent politician in late Qing |
张角 | Zhāng Jué | Zhang Jue (-184), leader of the Yellow turban rebels during the late Han |
张望 | zhāng wàng | to peep (through a crack); to look around |
张华 | Zhāng Huà | Zhang Hua (232-300), Western Jin writer, poet and politician; Zhang Hua (1958-1982), student held up as a martyr after he died saving an old peasant from a septic tank; other Zhang Hua's too numerous to mention |
张献忠 | Zhāng Xiàn zhōng | Zhang Xianzhong |
张口 | zhāng kǒu | to gape; to yawn; to open one's mouth; to start speaking; to talk carelessly; to talk out of place |
张贴 | zhāng tiē | to post (a notice); to advertise |
张作霖 | Zhāng Zuò lín | Zhang Zuolin (c. 1873-1928), warlord of Manchuria 1916-1928 |
张家口 | Zhāng jiā kǒu | Zhangjiakou prefecture level city in Hebei |
张伯伦 | Zhāng bó lún | Chamberlain |
张骞 | Zhāng Qiān | Zhang Qian (-114 BC), Han dynasty explorer of 2nd century BC |
张衡 | Zhāng Héng | Zhang Heng (78-139) great Han dynasty astronomer and mathematician |
张宝 | Zhāng Bǎo | Zhang Bao |
张目 | zhāng mù | to open one's eyes wide |
张罗 | zhāng luo | to attend to; to get busy about; to raise money; to greet guests |
张三 | Zhāng Sān | John Doe; Zhang San, name for an unspecified person, first of a series of three: 张三, 李四, 王五 Tom, Dick and Harry |
张三李四 | Zhāng sān Lǐ sì | Zhang and Li (idiom); Zhang with tight trousers and Li with wide hat; Tom, Dick and Harry |
张三, 李四, 王五, 赵六 | Zhāng sān , Lǐ sì , Wáng wǔ , Zhào liù | four proverbial names; Tom, Dick and Harry |
张丹 | Zhāng Dān | Zhang Dan |
张二鸿 | Zhāng Èr hóng | Jung Chang 张戎 (1952-), British Chinese writer, author of Wild Swans 野天鹅 and Mao Zedong, the unknown story 毛澤東:毛泽东:鲜为人知的故事 |
张僧繇 | Zhāng Sēng yóu | Zhang Sengyou (active c. 490-540), one of the Four Great Painters of the Six dynasties 六朝四大家 |
张仪 | Zhāng Yí | Zhang Yi (–309 BC), political strategist of the School of Diplomacy 纵横家 during the Warring States Period (475-221 BC) |
张冠李戴 | Zhāng guān Lǐ dài | lit. to put Zhang's hat on Li's head; to attribute sth to the wrong person (idiom); to confuse one thing with another |
张北 | Zhāng běi | Zhangbei county in Zhangjiakou 张家口, Hebei |
张北县 | Zhāng běi xiàn | Zhangbei county in Zhangjiakou 张家口, Hebei |
张口结舌 | zhāng kǒu jié shé | agape and tongue-tied (idiom); at a loss for words; gaping and speechless |
张国荣 | Zhāng Guó róng | Leslie Cheung |
张国焘 | Zhāng Guó tāo | Zhang Guotao (1897-1979), Chinese communist leader in the 1920s and 1930s, defected to Guomindang in 1938 |
张大千 | Zhāng Dà qiān | Zhang Daqian |
张天翼 | Zhāng Tiān yì | Zhang Tian'yi (1906-1985), children's writer, author of prize-winning fairy tale Secret of the magic gourd 宝葫芦的秘密 |
张太雷 | Zhāng Tài léi | Zhang Tailei (1898-1927), founding member of Chinese communist party |
张学友 | Zhāng Xué yǒu | Jacky Cheung or Hok Yau Jacky (1961-), cantopop and film star |
张学良 | Zhāng Xué liáng | Zhang Xueliang (1901-2001) son of Fengtian clique warlord, then senior general for the Nationalist and subsequently for PRC People's liberation army |
张家口地区 | Zhāng jiā kǒu dì qū | Zhangjiakou prefecture in Hebei |
张家口市 | Zhāng jiā kǒu shì | Zhangjiakou prefecture level city in Hebei |
张家川回族自治县 | Zhāng jiā chuān huí zú zì zhì xiàn | Zhanjiachuan Huizu autonomous county in Gansu |
张家港 | Zhāng jiā gǎng | Zhangjiagang county level city in Suzhou 苏州, Jiangsu |
张家港市 | Zhāng jiā gǎng shì | Zhangjiagang county level city in Suzhou 苏州, Jiangsu |
张家界 | Zhāng jiā jiè | Zhangjiajie prefecture level city in Hunan, formerly Dayong 大庸 |
张家界市 | Zhāng jiā jiè shì | Zhangjiajie prefecture level city in Hunan |
张家长, 李家短 | Zhāng jiā cháng , Lǐ jiā duǎn | lit. the Zhangs are better off than the Lis (idiom); to gossip about the neighbors |
张宁 | Zhāng Níng | Zhang Ning |
张居正 | Zhāng Jū zhèng | Zhang Juzheng (1525-1582), Grand Secretary during the Ming dynasty, credited with bringing the dynasty to its apogee |
张岱 | Zhāng Dài | Zhang Dai (1597-c. 1684), late Ming scholar |
张店 | Zhāng diàn | Zhangdian district of Zibo city 淄博市, Shandong |
张店区 | Zhāng diàn qū | Zhangdian district of Zibo city 淄博市, Shandong |
张廷玉 | Zhāng Tíng yù | Zhang Tingyu (1672-1755), Qing politician, senior minister to three successive emperors, oversaw compilation of History of the Ming dynasty 明史 and the Kangxi dictionary 康熙字典 |
张弛 | zhāng chí | tension and relaxation |