张灯结彩
zhāngdēng-jiécǎi · to be decorated with lanterns and colored banners (idiom)
Character breakdown
Study each Hanzi separately, then return to the complete word so pronunciation, meaning, and movement stay connected.
How to learn 张灯结彩
Listen once without reading, repeat the pinyin with its tones, then write every character in sequence. Finally, recall the complete meaning instead of memorizing each character as an isolated translation.
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Words with the same characters
Compare how a familiar Hanzi changes meaning inside another word.
lamp; light; lantern; CL:盞|盏[zhan3]
红绿灯hóng-lǜdēngtraffic light; traffic signal
结婚jiéhūnto marry; to get married
结束jiéshùtermination; to finish; to end; to conclude; to close
张zhāngsurname Zhang; to open up; to spread; sheet of paper; classifier for flat objects, sheet; classifier for votes
结果jiéguǒoutcome; result; consequence; in the end; as a result; to kill; to dispatch