张灯结彩 — Chinese idiom
张灯结彩
zhāng dēng jié cǎi
Traditional: 張燈結彩
Meaning
- to be decorated with lanterns and colored banners
Character by character
- 张zhāngto display; to expand, to open; to stretch; a shee
- 灯dēnglamp, lantern, light
- 结jiéknot, tie; to connect, to join
- 彩cǎicolor, hue; prize; brilliant; variegated
Idioms sharing a character
- 做张做势 zuò zhāng zuò shì
- 做张做智 zuò zhāng zuò zhì
- 剑拔弩张 jiàn bá nǔ zhāng
- 嚣张气焰 xiāo zhāng qì yàn
- 大张挞伐 dà zhāng tà fá
- 大张旗鼓 dà zhāng qí gǔ
- 大张声势 dà zhāng shēng shì
- 张三李四 Zhāng Sān Lǐ Sì
- 张冠李戴 Zhāng guān Lǐ dài
- 张口结舌 zhāng kǒu jié shé
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