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- private seal
- stamp inked on the back of one's hand (used to prove that one has paid to enter a venue etc)
- chapter; section (of a written work); passage of writing; (fig.) chapter (in the history of sth)
- article
- essay
- literary works
- writings
- hidden meaning
- CL:篇[pian1],段[duan4],頁|页[ye4]
Trad. 閑章
- recreative seal, bearing not the owner's name but a well-known verse or such, and used for artistic purposes on paintings etc
- (literary) effort; trouble; pains (to get sth done)
- (literary) frightened; terrified
- rules
- regulations
- constitution
- statute
- articles of association (of company)
- articles of incorporation
- charter (of a corporation)
- by-laws
Trad. 章臺
- street name in ancient Chang'an synonymous with brothel area
- red-light district
- badge
- insignia
- lapel badge (e.g. with miniature portrait of great national leader)
Trad. 蘭章
- a beautiful speech or piece of writing
- your beautiful article (honorific)
Trad. 曹餘章
- Cao Yuzhang (1924-1996), modern writer and publisher, author of Tales from 5000 Years of Chinese History 上下五千年[Shang4 xia4 Wu3 Qian1 nian2]
Trad. 赫章縣
- Hezhang, a county in Bijie City 畢節市|毕节市[Bi4 jie2 Shi4], Guizhou
Trad. 章士釗
- Zhang Shizhao (1881-1973), revolutionary journalist in Shanghai, then established writer
- Zhang Taiyan (1869-1936), scholar, journalist, revolutionary and leading intellectual around the time of the Xinhai revolution
- Zhang Taiyan 章太炎 (1869-1936), scholar, journalist, revolutionary and leading intellectual around the time of the Xinhai revolution
Trad. 章貢區
- Zhanggong, a district of Ganzhou City 贛州市|赣州市[Gan4 zhou1 Shi4], Jiangxi
Trad. 章魚燒
- takoyaki (octopus dumpling), a Japanese snack food
Trad. 麻章區
- Mazhang, a district of Zhanjiang City 湛江市[Zhan4 jiang1 Shi4], Guangdong
Trad. 憲章派
- the Chartist movement (in the 1840s in England)
Trad. 見真章
- to see how sb or sth performs when it comes to the crunch; to find out what sb is really made of; to witness true ability or worth revealed under pressure
Trad. 李鴻章
- Li Hung-chang or Li Hongzhang (1823-1901), Qing dynasty general, politician and diplomat
Trad. 吳玉章
- Wu Yuzhang (1878-1966), writer, educator and communist politician
Trad. 宜章縣
- Yizhang, a county in Chenzhou City 郴州市[Chen1 zhou1 Shi4], Hunan
Trad. 順理成章
- logical
- only to be expected
- rational and clearly structured (of text)
Trad. 大費周章
- to take great pains
- to go to a lot of trouble
Trad. 章回小說
- novel in chapters, main format for long novels from the Ming onwards, with each chapter headed by a summary couplet
Trad. 章甫薦履
- court crown beneath straw shoe (idiom); everything turned upside down
Trad. 九章算術
- The Nine Chapters on the Mathematical Art
- some deeper meaning in this
- more to it than meets the eye
- there's sth behind all this
Trad. 走馬章臺
- to go to the brothel on horseback (idiom); to visit prostitutes
- (idiom) (of one's speech) eloquent
- articulate
Trad. 零八憲章
- Charter 08, PRC pro-democracy petition of December 2008
Trad. 雜亂無章
- disordered and in a mess (idiom); all mixed up and chaotic
Trad. 約法三章
- to agree on three laws (idiom)
- three-point covenant
- (fig.) preliminary agreement
- basic rules
Trad. 率由舊章
- to act in accordance with the old rules (idiom)
- to follow a proven formula
Trad. 章魚小丸子
- takoyaki (octopus dumpling), a Japanese snack food
Trad. 大紫荊勳章
- Great Bauhinia Medal (GBM), established in 1997 as the highest award under Hong Kong's honors and awards system
Trad. 四十二章經
- The Sutra in Forty-two Sections Spoken by the Buddha, the first Chinese Buddhist text, translated in 67 AD by Kasyapa-Matanga 迦葉摩騰|迦叶摩腾[Jia1 ye4 Mo2 teng2] and Gobharana 竺法蘭|竺法兰[Zhu2 fa3 lan2] (Dharmaraksha)
Trad. 李鴻章雜碎
- chop suey (American Chinese dish)
Trad. 聯合國憲章
- United Nations charter