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(*ㄓㄤˇ [zhang3] , *ㄓㄤˋ [zhang4] ).
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長處 [chang2chu0]↓.
(2) (*[zhang3]) Head, chief (of bureau, department, etc.): 部長 minister of government;
首長 the ministers and chiefs of special bureaus;
校長 president, principal of school;
師長 division commander;
團長 regiment commander;
董事長 chairman of the board;
家長 head of family, parents of students.
長了一歲 become one year older;
grow up to be: 長得太難看了，很漂亮 grow up to look awful, to look pretty.
(2) To grow, increase (in wisdom, price, etc.): 長見識 open mental horizon;
長價 [zhang3jia4]↓;
長行市 increase in price;
長脾氣 grow proud;
長調門子 grow in (assumed) stature, airs;
長他人志氣，滅自己威風 to puff up the enemy and lower our morale.
(*[zhang3]) To grow s.t.;
長鬍子 grow a beard;
長疙
，長瘡 grow pimples, sore;長牙 put forth teeth;
長芽，長霉 put forth sprouts, get moldy.
長城 [chang2cheng2]↓;
長風 swift wind;
長嘆 long sigh;
長吁短嘆 sigh incessantly;
長號 throw up a long yell;
長嘯 to give a long whistle;
長短 [chang2duan3]↓;
長話短說 to make a long story short;
長袖善舞 long sleeves help in dancing (as 長財善賈) ample capital makes it easy to trade.
(2) (*[zhang3]) Elder, senior, opp. 幼 junior: 長者，長老，長輩 [chang2zhe3], [chang2lao3], [chang2bei4]↓.
(3) (*[zhang3]) The eldest: 長子，長孫 eldest son, grandson, 長房 branch of the eldest son;
他居長 he is the eldest;
長兄，長姊 eldest brother, sister.
(4) (*[zhang4]) Extraneous: 身無長物 (LL phr.) have only bare necessities at home (no savings);
冗長 long drawn-out, wordy.
2.長輩 *[zhang3bei4], n., the elder generation, an elder.
3.長臂猿 [chang2bei4yUan2], n., type of long-armed ape in India and Malaysia, Hylobates lar.
4.長編 [chang2bian1], n., book of full data and detailed stories, from which a particular history is compiled--full version of chronicles.
5.長波 [chang2bo1], n., (electronics) long wave.
6.長成 *[zhang3cheng2], v.i., (1) to grow up (in certain city), become adult; (2) grow into (anulcer, etc.).
7.長城 [chang2cheng2], n., the Great Wall, symbol of eternal strength; (fig.) a great warrior.
8.長期 [chang2qi2], adj., long-term (deposit, etc.).
9.長川 [chang2chuan1], adj. & adv., continually, normally (write each other, etc.).
10.長處 [chang2chu0], n., one's strong points.
11.長蟲 [chang2chong0], n., (coll.) snake.
12.長驅 [chang2qU1], phr., 長驅直入 drive straight in (into enemy city).
13.長大 *[zhang3da4], v.i., grow up.
14.長短 [chang2duan3], n., (1) length: 三尺長短 three-foot long (also [er0]); (2) criticism, discussion as to who is right (long) and who is wrong (short): 說人長短 criticize people; (3) s.t. untoward: 萬一有什麼長短 if s.t. untoward should happen; 長短句＝宋詞 the [ci2] form of verse, with varying sentence lengths; 長短詩 verse in which some sentence lengths vary.
15.長度 [chang2du4], n., length.
16.長法兒 [chang2fa3er0], n., a regular way: 不是個長法兒 shouldn't be a regular way, but occasionally allowable.
17.長方 [chang2fang1], n., rectangle: 長方形 rectangular.
18.長房 *[zhang3fang2], n., the eldest branch of family.
19.長庚 [chang2geng1], n., the planet Venus (金星).
20.長官 *[zhang3guan1], n., superiors in office; officers.
21.長跪 [chang2gui4], v.i., to prostrate on the ground.
22.長工 [chang2gong1], n., formerly, hired farm hand on permanent or yearly basis.
23.長公主 *[zhang3gong1zhu3], n., the emperor's sisters.
24.長活 [chang2huo2], n., see [chang2gong1]↑.
25.長齋 [chang2zhai1], v.i., to fast from meat for a long period.
26.長者 *[zhang2zhe3], n., elders, eldermen; village gentry.
27.長征 [chang2zheng1], v.i., to go on a long journey or campaign.
28.長角 [chang2jiao3], n., (bot.) elongated pod of seeds.
29.長假 [chang2jia4], n., (take) long leave, i.e., resign.
30.長價 *[zhang3jia4], v.i., rise in price.
31.長江 [chang2jiang1], n., the Yangtze River.
32.長技 [chang2ji4], n., special skill.
33.長進 *[zhang3jin0], v.i., to improve (in character, studies): 永不長進 be a sluggard.
34.長徑 [chang2jing4], n., (math.) major axis.
35.長頸鹿 [chang2jing3lu4], n., giraffe.
36.長鯨 [chang2jing1], n., the big whale as symbolic of great drinking capacity.
37.長久 [chang2jiu3], adj. & adv., for long, lasting: 長久之計 a permanent arrangement.
38.長支 [chang2zhi1], v.i., formerly, for shop employees to draw money on credit, the accounts to be reckoned at year's end.
39.長至 [chang2zhi4], n., (AC) winter solstice (“longest day”), also (AC) summer solstice.
40.長局 [chang2jU2], n., permanent arrangement, see [chang2fa3er0]↑.
41.長空 [chang2kong1], n., the sky.
42.長兒 [chang2er0], n., (1) length; (2) a long time: 這東西不耐長兒 this article will not last long.
43.長老 *[zhang2lao3], n., (1) elder, alderman; (2) elder in Presbyterian Church; (3) senior monk; 長老會 Presbyterian Church.
44.長吏 *[zhang3li4], n., superior officer.
45.長曆 [chang2li4], n., (lunar) calendar which reckons the dates of seasons for centuries.
46.長毛 (1) *[zhang3mao2], v.t., to mildew; (2) ([chang2mao2]), n., long hair.
47.長眠 [chang2mian2], n. & v.i., death (“the long sleep”).
48.長命 [chang2ming4], n., long life: 長命富貴 longevity with wealth and honor, a long life of abundance and respectability.
49.長明燈 [chang2ming2deng1], n., altar lamp which burns day and night.
50.長年 [chang2nian2], adv., regularly: 長年在這裡住 stay here regularly; for a long time.
51.長跑 [chang2pao3], n., (track and field) long-distance run.
52.長篇 [chang2pian1], (1) phr., 長篇大論 discourse eloquently on subject; (2) 長篇小說 a novel.
53.長衫（兒） [chang2shan1] ([chang2sha1er0]), n., long gown.
54.長生 [chang2sheng1], n., long life, longevity: 長生不老 perpetual rejuvenation; 長生祿位 a tablet and altar in honor of great benefactor, for whom prayer is said.
55.長生果 [chang2sheng1guo3], n., peanut (＝落花生).
56.長舌 [chang2she2]1, adj., as in 長舌婦 a loquacious woman.
57.長蛇 [chang2she2]2, n., as in 封豕長蛇 (fig.) a greedy monster; 長蛇陣 snake formation (as in snake dance).
58.長相兒 *[zhang3xiang4er0], n., usual appearance or condition.
59.長辛螺 [chang2xin1luo2], n., (zoo.) long shellfish, Fusus perplexus.
60.長壽 [chang2shou4], n. & adj., longevity.
61.長逝 [chang2shi4], v.i., to pass away.
62.長石 [chang2shi2], n., (geol.) feld-spar.
63.長天 [chang2tian1], adv., as in 長天大日，長天老日 in broad daylight, all day (doing nothing, etc.).
64.長挑 [chang2tiao0], adj., (person) tall and slender.
65.長條兒 [chang2tiao2er0], n., a long slip.
66.長亭 [chang2ting2], n., formerly, rest pavilion on highway: 十里一長亭，五里一短亭 a big station every ten [li3], a small station every five [li3].
67.長途 [chang2tu2], (1) n., long journey; (2) adj., long distance: 長途電話 long-distance telephone call; adj., 長途汽車 bus system between cities.
68.長尾雞 [chang2wei3ji1], n., (zoo.) a special variety of fowl with a long tail, Gallus domesticus, cultivated in Japan.
69.長尾猿 [chang2wei3yUan2], n., (zoo.) an African ape with long tail, Cercopithecus aethiops.
70.長物 *[zhang4wu4], n., surplus: 生平無長物 have no savings--have just the necessities of living.
71.長夜 [chang2ye4], adv., all night long.
72.長揖 [chang2yi1], v.i., to make a long bow, the clasped hands reaching to the knees.
73.長音程 [chang2yin1cheng2], n., (mus.) major interval.
74.長音階 [chang2yin1jie1], n., (mus.) major scale.
75.長幼 *[zhang3you4], n., the young and old.
76.長遠 [chang2yUan3], adj., long, distant: 長遠之計 a long plan for the future.
77.長圓 [chang2yUan2], adj., oval in shape.