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张三 Zhāng Sān Zhang San, name for an unspecified person, first of a series of three: 張三|张三[Zhang1 San1], 李四[Li3 Si4], 王五[Wang2 Wu3] Tom, Dick and Harry / (dialect) wolf
张怡 Zhāng Zhang Yi (1608-1695), prolific author and poet spanning interregnum between Ming and Qing
漏水转浑天仪 lòu shuǐ zhuàn hún tiān water-driven armillary sphere (Zhang Heng's famous astronomical apparatus)
张大千 Zhāng qiān Chang Dai-chien or Zhang Daqian (1899-1983), one of the greatest Chinese artists of the 20th century
张丹 Zhāng Dān Zhang Dan (1985-), Chinese figure skater
张艺谋 Zhāng móu Zhang Yimou (1950-), PRC film director
明史 Míng shǐ History of the Ming Dynasty, twenty fourth of the 24 dynastic histories 二十四史[Er4 shi2 si4 Shi3], compiled under Zhang Tingyu 張廷玉|张廷玉[Zhang1 Ting2 yu4] in 1739 during the Qing Dynasty, 332 scrolls
章子怡 Zhāng Zhang Ziyi (1979-), PRC actress
张冠李戴 Zhāng guān dài lit. to put Zhang's hat on Li's head / to attribute sth to the wrong person (idiom) / to confuse one thing with another
张太雷 Zhāng Tài léi Zhang Tailei (1898-1927), founding member of Chinese communist party
张骞 Zhāng Qiān Zhang Qian (-114 BC), Han dynasty explorer of 2nd century BC
五虎将 jiàng Liu Bei's five great generals in Romance of the Three Kingdoms, namely: Guan Yu 關羽|关羽, Zhang Fei 張飛|张飞, Zhao Yun 趙雲|赵云, Ma Chao 馬超|马超, Huang Zhong 黃忠|黄忠
张扬 Zhāng Yáng Zhang Yang (1967-), PRC film director and screenwriter
一落千丈 luò qiān zhàng lit. to drop a thousand zhang in one fall (idiom) / fig. (of business, popularity etc) to suffer a sudden, devastating decline / to take a dive
方丈 fāng zhang square zhang (i.e. unit of area 10 feet square) / monastic room 10 feet square / Buddhist or Daoist abbot / abbot's chamber
张仪 Zhāng Zhang Yi (-309 BC), political strategist of the School of Diplomacy 縱橫家|纵横家[Zong4 heng2 jia1] during the Warring States Period (475-221 BC)
张学良 Zhāng Xué liáng Zhang Xueliang (1901-2001) son of Fengtian clique warlord, then senior general for the Nationalists and subsequently for the People's Liberation Army
张献忠 Zhāng Xiàn zhōng Zhang Xianzhong (1606-1647), leader of a late-Ming peasant revolt
张飞 Zhāng Fēi Zhang Fei (168-221), general of Shu and blood-brother of Liu Bei in Romance of the Three Kingdoms, famous as fearsome fighter and lover of wine
十面埋伏 Shí miàn Mái Ambush from Ten Sides (pipa solo piece) / House of Flying Daggers (2004 movie by Zhang Yimou 張藝謀|张艺谋[Zhang1 Yi4 mou2])
六朝四大家 Liù Cháo jiā Four Great Painters of the Six Dynasties, namely: Cao Buxing 曹不興|曹不兴[Cao2 Bu4 xing1], Gu Kaizhi 顧愷之|顾恺之[Gu4 Kai3 zhi1], Lu Tanwei 陸探微|陆探微[Lu4 Tan4 wei1] and Zhang Sengyou 張僧繇|张僧繇[Zhang1 Seng1 you2]
张籍 Zhāng Zhang Ji (767-830), Tang Dynasty poet
四人帮 rén bāng Gang of Four: Jiang Qing 江青[Jiang1 Qing1], Zhang Chunqiao 張春橋|张春桥[Zhang1 Chun1 qiao2], Yao Wenyuan 姚文元[Yao2 Wen2 yuan2], Wang Hongwen 王洪文[Wang2 Hong2 wen2], who served as scapegoats for the excesses of the cultural revolution
张三李四 Zhāng Sān lit. Zhang Three and Li Four (idiom) / (fig.) any Tom, Dick or Harry
张华 Zhāng Huá Zhang Hua (232-300), Western Jin writer, poet and politician / Zhang Hua (1958-1982), student held up as a martyr after he died saving an old peasant from a septic tank / other Zhang Hua's too numerous to mention


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