万丈
wàn zhàng
Pinyin

Definition

万丈
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wàn zhàng
  1. lit. ten thousand fathoms
  2. fig. extremely high or deep
  3. lofty
  4. bottomless

Character Decomposition

Related Words (19)

zhàng fu
  1. 1 husband
  2. 2 CL:個|个[gè]
zhàng mǔ
  1. 1 wife's mother
  2. 2 mother-in-law
zhàng mǔ niáng
  1. 1 wife's mother
  2. 2 mother-in-law
  3. 3 same as 丈母
dà zhàng fu
  1. 1 a manly man
  2. 2 a man of character
gū zhàng
  1. 1 husband of paternal aunt
yí zhàng
  1. 1 mother's sister's husband
  2. 2 husband of mother's sister
Fāng zhang
  1. 1 one of three fabled islands in Eastern sea, abode of immortals
lǎo zhàng ren
  1. 1 (coll.) father-in-law (wife's father)
wàn zhàng
  1. 1 lit. ten thousand fathoms
  2. 2 fig. extremely high or deep
  3. 3 lofty
  4. 4 bottomless
yī luò qiān zhàng
  1. 1 lit. to drop a thousand zhang in one fall (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. (of business, popularity etc) to suffer a sudden, devastating decline
  3. 3 to take a dive
zhàng
  1. 1 measure of length, ten Chinese feet (3.3 m)
  2. 2 to measure
  3. 3 husband
  4. 4 polite appellation for an older male
zhàng rén
  1. 1 wife's father (father-in-law)
  2. 2 old man
zhàng bā shé máo
  1. 1 ancient spear-like weapon 18 Chinese feet 尺[chǐ] in length, with a wavy spearhead like a snake's body,
zhàng liáng
  1. 1 to measure
  2. 2 measurement
Gǔ zhàng xiàn
  1. 1 Guzhang county in Xiangxi Tujia and Miao autonomous prefecture 湘西土家族苗族自治州[Xiāng xī Tǔ jiā zú Miáo zú zì zhì zhōu]
yuè zhàng
  1. 1 father-in-law (wife's father)
huǒ mào sān zhàng
  1. 1 to get really angry
wú dú bù zhàng fu
  1. 1 no poison, no great man (idiom); A great man has to be ruthless.
lǎo zhàng
  1. 1 sir (respectful form of address for an old man)

Idioms (6)

一落千丈
yī luò qiān zhàng
  1. 1 lit. to drop a thousand zhang in one fall (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. (of business, popularity etc) to suffer a sudden, devastating decline
  3. 3 to take a dive
丈二和尚,摸不着头脑
zhàng èr hé shang , mō bu zháo tóu nǎo
  1. 1 lit. like a three-meter high monk, you can't rub his head (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. at a total loss
无毒不丈夫
wú dú bù zhàng fu
  1. 1 no poison, no great man (idiom); A great man has to be ruthless.
万丈高楼平地起
wàn zhàng gāo lóu píng dì qǐ
  1. 1 towering buildings are built up from the ground (idiom)
  2. 2 great oaks from little acorns grow
道高一尺,魔高一丈
dào gāo yī chǐ , mó gāo yī zhàng
  1. 1 virtue is one foot tall, the devil ten foot (idiom); It takes constant vigilance to stave off evil.
魔高一丈,道高一尺
mó gāo yī zhàng , dào gāo yī chǐ
  1. 1 the devil is ten foot tall, virtue one foot (idiom); It takes constant vigilance to stave off evil.

Sample Sentences

呵呵,那我再讲一个小故事吧。有一个青年人毕业后豪情万丈,给自己定了很多目标,但到最后却一事无成。他非常苦恼地去找一位禅师,寻求答案。
hēhē ,nà wǒ zài jiǎng yī gè xiǎo gùshi ba 。yǒu yī gè qīngniánrén bìyè hòu háoqíngwànzhàng ,gěi zìjǐ dìng le hěn duō mùbiāo ,dàn dào zuìhòu què yīshìwúchéng 。tā fēicháng kǔnǎo de qù zhǎo yī wèi chánshī ,xúnqiú dá àn 。
Heh-heh. Let me tell you another one. Once, there was a young man who had just graduated and was full of ambition. He had many goals, but in the end he hadn't completed any of them. He was vexed and looked to a Chan master for answers.