丈 zoeng6 {zhàng}- measure of length, ten Chinese feet (3.3 m)
- to measure
- husband
- polite appellation for an older male
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丈夫 zoeng6 fu1 {zhàng fu}- husband
- CL: 個
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丈人 zoeng6 jan4 {zhàng rén}- wife's father (father-in-law)
- old man
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丈量 zoeng6 loeng4 {zhàng liáng}- to measure
- measurement
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丈母 zoeng6 mou5 {zhàng mǔ}- wife's mother
- mother-in-law
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丈母娘 zoeng6 mou5 noeng4 {zhàng mǔ niáng}- wife's mother
- mother-in-law
- same as 丈母
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丈二和尚,摸不著頭腦〔-------着头脑〕 zoeng6 ji6 wo4 soeng2 ,mo2 bat1 zoek6 tau4 nou5 {zhàng èr hé shang , mō bu zháo tóu nǎo}- lit. like a three-meter high monk, you can't rub his head (idiom)
- fig. at a total loss
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