栈 (棧)
zhàn
Pinyin
Definition
栈 (棧)
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- a wooden or bamboo pen for sheep or cattle
- wood or bamboo trestlework
- a warehouse
Character Decomposition
Related Words (7)
- 1 tavern
- 2 guest house
- 3 inn
- 4 hotel
- 1 plank walkway constructed on the face of a cliff
- 2 (archaic) elevated passageway connecting the upper levels of adjacent towers
- 1 stack (computing)
- 2 storehouse
- 3 warehouse
- 1 to be reluctant to give up a post
- 1 a wooden or bamboo pen for sheep or cattle
- 2 wood or bamboo trestlework
- 3 a warehouse
Idioms (4)
明修栈道,暗渡陈仓
- 1 lit. repair the plank road by day while secretly crossing the Wei River 渭河[Wèi Hé] at Chencang (idiom, refers to a stratagem used by Liu Bang 劉邦|刘邦[Liú Bāng] in 206 BC against Xiang Yu 項羽|项羽[Xiàng Yǔ] of Chu)
- 2 fig. to feign one thing while doing another
- 3 to cheat under cover of a diversion
栈山航海
- 1 to have a long and hard journey (idiom)
老马恋栈
- 1 lit. the old horse loves his stable
- 2 fig. sb old but reluctant to relinquish their post (idiom)
驽马恋栈
- 1 an incompetent man clings to a good position (idiom)
Sample Sentences
我们是一个藏族民居改造的客栈,有20个房间,每天都有来自五湖四海的兄弟姐妹留宿。
We are an inn that has been refurbished from traditional Tibet dwellings. There are 20 rooms, and every day there are tourists (literal meaning-brothers and sisters) from all corners of the world.
这里才是“最拉萨我们在“扎西客栈”等你来。
This is the “best of Lhasa." We await your arrival at "Zhaxi Inn".
天色不早了,先找个客栈歇歇脚吧!
It's getting late. Better find a place to rest my feet!