方丈
fāng zhang
Pinyin
Definition
方丈
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- square zhang (i.e. unit of area 10 feet square)
- monastic room 10 feet square
- Buddhist or Daoist abbot
- abbot's chamber
方丈
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- one of three fabled islands in Eastern sea, abode of immortals
Character Decomposition
Related Words (20)
- 1 region
- 2 regional (away from the central administration)
- 3 local
- 1 government
- 2 official (approved or issued by an authority)
- 1 counterpart
- 2 other person involved
- 3 opposite side
- 4 other side
- 5 receiving party
- 1 surname Fang
- 1 convenient
- 2 suitable
- 3 to facilitate
- 4 to make things easy
- 5 having money to spare
- 6 (euphemism) to relieve oneself
Idioms (20)
一落千丈
- 1 lit. to drop a thousand zhang in one fall (idiom)
- 2 fig. (of business, popularity etc) to suffer a sudden, devastating decline
- 3 to take a dive
一醉方休
- 1 to get thoroughly drunk (idiom)
- 2 to get plastered
丈二和尚,摸不着头脑
- 1 lit. like a three-meter high monk, you can't rub his head (idiom)
- 2 fig. at a total loss
不以规矩,不能成方圆
- 1 without rules, nothing can be done (idiom, from Mencius); one must follow some rules
来日方长
- 1 the future is long (idiom); there will be ample time for that later
- 2 We'll cross that bridge when we get there