Keyword
husband
- gentleman
- man
- unit of length equal to 3.3 meters
- Frequency
- #1495
- Strokes
- 3
Readings
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Used in vocabulary
丈夫
husband
丈母娘
wife's mother; mother-in-law
大丈夫
a manly man; a man of character
方丈
one of three fabled islands in Eastern sea, abode of immortals
丈
measure of length, ten Chinese feet (3.3 m); to measure; husband; polite appellation for an older male
丈量
to measure; measurement
一落千丈
lit. to drop a thousand zhang in one fall (idiom); fig. (of business, popularity etc) to suffer a sudden, devastating decline; to take a dive
万丈
lit. ten thousand fathoms; fig. extremely high or deep; lofty; bottomless
姑丈
husband of paternal aunt
姨丈
mother's sister's husband; husband of mother's sister
火冒三丈
to get really angry
老丈人
(coll.) father-in-law (wife's father)
丈母
wife's mother; mother-in-law
丈人
wife's father (father-in-law); old man
光芒万丈
(idiom) boundless radiance; splendor
古丈县
Guzhang, a county in Xiangxi Tujia and Miao Autonomous Prefecture 湘西土家族苗族自治州 (XiāngxīTǔjiāzúMiáozúZìzhìzhōu), Hunan
岳丈
father-in-law (wife's father)
老丈
sir (respectful form of address for an old man)
丈八蛇矛
ancient spear-like weapon 18 Chinese feet 尺 (chǐ) in length, with a wavy spearhead like a snake's body
万丈高楼平地起
towering buildings are built up from the ground (idiom); great oaks from little acorns grow
无毒不丈夫
no poison, no great man (idiom); A great man has to be ruthless.