Word · 単語
長
Reading ちょう
head
- 1 head, chief, leader, elder
- 2 merit, strong point
- 3 superiority
- 4 major
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Mastered counts as known everywhere (frontier, map, extension) but never appears in the quiz again. New wipes the review history for this item.
例文 · examples
笑いは百薬の長。
Laughter is the best medicine.
「あれが生徒会長？」「かっこよくない？」「つーか、美形？」
"That's the new head of the student council?" "Cool, isn't he?" "Rather, pretty boy?"
一人の父親は百人の学校長に優る。
One father is more than a hundred schoolmasters.
チームの長として私は彼に有能な助力を得た。
As head of the team I was ably assisted by him.
彼女はセールス班の長なので、上司は営業部長だけだ。
As head of the sales team she reports only to the managing director.