chī​zhāng

ruthless and aggressive

  • created sense approved 鸱张/鴟張 · chī​zhāng · ruthless and aggressive — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    鸱张 / 鴟張

    chī​zhāng

    ruthless and aggressive

    (literary) to act like a hawk spreading its wings to hunt; describes cruel people waiting for an opportunity to strike and seize power

    鸱 (literal) → 鸱/鴟 · chī · scops owl 张 (literal) → 张/張 · zhāng · to open

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense