上 下 shàng xià up and down / top and bottom / old and young / length / about 长 度 cháng dù length 片 长 piàn cháng length (duration) of a film 长 短 cháng duǎn length / duration / accident / right and wrong / good and bad / long and short 篇 幅 piān fu length (of a piece of writing) / space occupied on a printed page 边 长 biān cháng length (of a side, geom.) 长 length / long / forever / always / constantly 截 to cut off (a length) / to stop / to intercept / section / chunk / length 袤 length / distance from north to south 梴 length (of a tree or beam) / long 时 候 shí hou time / length of time / moment / period 英 寸 yīng cùn inch (unit of length equal to 2.54 cm.) 纵 横 zòng héng lit. warp and weft in weaving / vertically and horizontal / length and breadth / criss-crossed / able to move unhindered / abbr. for 合縱連橫|合纵连横[He2 zong4 Lian2 heng2], School of Diplomacy during the Warring States Period (475-221 BC) 全 线 quán xiàn the whole front (in a war) / the whole length (of a road or railway line) 全 长 quán cháng overall length / span 焦 距 jiāo jù focal length / focal distance 英 尺 yīng chǐ foot (unit of length equal to 0.3048 m) 英 里 Yīng lǐ mile (unit of length equal to 1.609 km) 学 制 xué zhì educational system / length of schooling 市 里 shì lǐ li (Chinese unit of length equal to 500 meters) 总 长 zǒng cháng total length 身 长 shēn cháng height (of person) / length of clothing from shoulders to bottom (tailor or dressmaker's measure) 工 龄 gōng líng length of service / seniority 里 li, ancient measure of length, approx. 500 m / neighborhood / ancient administrative unit of 25 families / (Tw) borough, administrative unit between the township 鎮|镇[zhen4] and neighborhood 鄰|邻[lin2] levels 体 长 tǐ cháng body length 开 间 kāi jiān alcove / bay in a room / unit of length used for rooms, approx. 3.3 meters 分 to divide / to separate / to distribute / to allocate / to distinguish (good and bad) / part or subdivision / fraction / one tenth (of certain units) / unit of length equivalent to 0.33 cm / minute (unit of time) / minute (angular measurement unit) / a point (in sports or games) / 0.01 yuan (unit of money) 铺 陈 pū chén to arrange / to spread out / to narrate in detail / to describe at great length / to elaborate 梆 子 bāng zi watchman's clapper / wooden clappers with bars of unequal length / abbr. for 梆子腔[bang1 zi5 qiang1] 从 长 计 议 cōng cháng jì yì to take one's time making a decision (idiom) / to consider at length 从 长 计 议 cóng cháng jì yì to take one's time making a decision (idiom) / to consider at length 松 紧 带 sōng jǐn dài (a length of) elastic 河 西 走 廊 Hé xī Zǒu láng Hexi Corridor (or Gansu Corridor), a string of oases running the length of Gansu, forming part of the Northern Silk Road 婚 龄 hūn líng length of married life / marriageable age / actual marrying age 费 话 fèi huà to talk at length / to waste one's breath / variant of 廢話|废话[fei4 hua4] 破 折 号 pò zhé hào dash / Chinese dash ── / (punct., double the length of the western dash) 不 即 不 离 bù jí bù lí to be neither too familiar nor too distant / to keep sb at arm's length 市 分 shì fēn fen (Chinese unit of length equal to ⅓ / centimeter) 军 龄 jūn líng length of military service 丈 measure of length, ten Chinese feet (3.3 m) / to measure / husband / polite appellation for an older male 码 weight / number / code / to pile / to stack / classifier for length or distance (yard), happenings etc 龄 age / length of experience, membership etc 寸 a unit of length / inch / thumb 咫 8 in. length unit of Zhou dynasty 庹 length of 2 outstretched arms 襕 full length gown (old) 斤 斤 较 量 jīn jīn jiào liàng to bicker at length over a trivial matter (idiom) 刨 程 bào chéng planing length 长 度 指 示 符 cháng dù zhǐ shì fú length indicator 呎 foot (unit of length equal to 0.3048 m) / old form of modern 英尺[ying1 chi3] 词 长 效 应 cí cháng xiào yìng word length effect 噜 苏 lū su long-winded (dialect) / to talk at length 寿 数 shòu shu predestined length of life 寿 限 shòu xiàn lifetime / length of life 年 寿 nián shòu length of life / life span 弧 线 长 hú xiàn cháng arc length / length of a curve segment 弧 长 hú cháng arc length (the length of a curve segment) 弧 长 参 数 hú cháng cān shù parametrization by arc length (of a space curve) 秀 发 垂 肩 xiù fà chuí jiān beautiful shoulder length hair (idiom) 箍 节 儿 gū jie r short length / small section or portion 长 度 单 位 cháng dù dān wèi unit of length 音 长 yīn cháng sound duration / length of a musical note 驾 龄 jià líng length of experience as a driver 非 正 常 交 易 non-arm's length transaction 土 着 工 人 雇 佣 契 约 最 长 期 限 公 约 Convention concerning the Maximum Length of Contracts of Employment of Indigenous Workers 伸 缩 式 枪 托 shēn suō shì qiāng tuō adjustable length buttstock / adjustable stock 伸 缩 托 shēn suō tuō adjustable length buttstock / adjustable stock 正 常 交 易 原 则 arm's length principle 拃 span (unit of length based on the width of the expanded human hand) / to span (measure with one's hand) 市 丈 shì zhàng zhang (Chinese unit of length equal to 3⅓ / meters) 市 尺 shì chǐ chi (Chinese unit of length equal to ⅓ / meter) 发 脚 fà jiǎo a length of hair 市 厘 shì lí li (Chinese unit of length equal to ⅓ / millimeter) 市 寸 shì cùn cun (Chinese unit of length equal to ⅓ / decimeter) 丈 八 蛇 矛 zhàng bā shé máo ancient spear-like weapon 18 Chinese feet 尺[chi3] in length, with a wavy spearhead like a snake's body 山 本 头 Shān běn tóu (Tw) "Yamamoto haircut", similar to a butch cut, but with even length (no tapering on the sides and back), said to be named after Admiral Yamamoto 山本五十六[Shan1 ben3 Wu3 shi2 liu4]
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