张灯结彩
zhāngdēngjiécǎi
to decorate with lanterns and coloured banners
Characters in this word
结 jié
- Strokes
- 9
- Radical
- 纟 — silk
- Made of
- 纟 silk 吉 lucky, propitious, good
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
彩 cǎi
- Strokes
- 11
- Radical
- 彡 — hair
- Made of
- 采 to collect, to gather 彡 hair
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 春节前，老街两旁张灯结彩，连平日冷清的巷口也热闹起来。 Chūnjié qián, lǎojiē liǎngpáng zhāngdēngjiécǎi, lián píngrì lěngqīng de xiàngkǒu yě rènào qǐlái. Before Spring Festival, both sides of the old street were decorated with lanterns and banners, and even the usually quiet alley entrances became lively.
- 孩子们提着灯笼在张灯结彩的小区里散步。 Háizi men tí zhe dēnglong zài zhāngdēngjiécǎi de xiǎoqū lǐ sànbù. Children carry lanterns as they stroll through the festively decorated neighborhood.
- 每逢佳节，商场里都张灯结彩，吸引很多顾客前来购物。 Měiféng jiājié, shāngchǎng lǐ dōu zhāngdēngjiécǎi, xīyǐn hěn duō gùkè qiánlái gòuwù. On every holiday the mall is decorated with lanterns and banners, attracting many customers to shop.
Related words
- 紧张 jǐnzhāng nervous; tense
- 张 zhāng a measure word for flat things
- 主张 zhǔzhāng to support; position
- 夸张 kuāzhāng exaggerated
- 东张西望 dōngzhāngxīwàng to look around distractedly; to gaze about
- 慌张 huāngzhāng flustered; nervous; in a panic
- 开张 kāizhāng to open for business
- 扩张 kuòzhāng to expand; expansion
- 伸张 shēnzhāng to uphold; to make prevail; to assert
- 嚣张 xiāozhāng arrogant; aggressive; overbearing
- 张贴 zhāngtiē to post; to put up
- 张扬 zhāngyáng to make public; showy; ostentatious