岳丈
yuè zhàng
Pinyin

Definition

岳丈
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yuè zhàng
  1. father-in-law (wife's father)

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

丈夫
zhàng fu
  1. 1 husband
  2. 2 CL:個|个[gè]
丈人
zhàng rén
  1. 1 wife's father (father-in-law)
  2. 2 old man
丈母
zhàng mǔ
  1. 1 wife's mother
  2. 2 mother-in-law
丈母娘
zhàng mǔ niáng
  1. 1 wife's mother
  2. 2 mother-in-law
  3. 3 same as 丈母
丈量
zhàng liáng
  1. 1 to measure
  2. 2 measurement
五岳
Wǔ yuè
  1. 1 Five Sacred Mountains of the Daoists, namely: Mt Tai 泰山[Tài Shān] in Shandong, Mt Hua 華山|华山[Huà Shān] in Shaanxi, Mt Heng 衡山[Héng Shān] in Hunan, Mt Heng 恆山|恒山[Héng Shān] in Shanxi, Mt Song 嵩山[Sōng Shān] in Henan
南岳
Nán yuè
  1. 1 Nanyue district of Hengyang city 衡陽市|衡阳市[Héng yáng shì], Hunan
  2. 2 Mt Heng 衡山 in Hunan, one of the Five Sacred Mountains 五嶽|五岳[Wǔ yuè]
大丈夫
dà zhàng fu
  1. 1 a manly man
  2. 2 a man of character
姑丈
gū zhàng
  1. 1 husband of paternal aunt
姨丈
yí zhàng
  1. 1 mother's sister's husband
  2. 2 husband of mother's sister
岳母
yuè mǔ
  1. 1 wife's mother, mother-in-law
岳父
yuè fù
  1. 1 wife's father, father-in-law
岳阳
Yuè yáng
  1. 1 Yueyang prefecture-level city in Hunan
岳飞
Yuè Fēi
  1. 1 Yue Fei (1103-1142), Song dynasty patriot and general
方丈
Fāng zhang
  1. 1 one of three fabled islands in Eastern sea, abode of immortals
火冒三丈
huǒ mào sān zhàng
  1. 1 to get really angry
老丈人
lǎo zhàng ren
  1. 1 (coll.) father-in-law (wife's father)
万丈
wàn zhàng
  1. 1 lit. ten thousand fathoms
  2. 2 fig. extremely high or deep
  3. 3 lofty
  4. 4 bottomless
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
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

Idioms (7)

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
张飞打岳飞
Zhāng fēi dǎ Yuè fēi
  1. 1 lit. Zhang Fei fights Yue Fei
  2. 2 fig. an impossible combination
  3. 3 an impossible turn of events (idiom)
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.

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