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深长

shēn cháng

2-character word Traditional 深長

What 深长 means

1. profound (meaning, implications etc)

The characters in 深长

• 深shēn(lit. and fig.) deep
• 长chánglong; (bound form) length; (bound form) strong point; forte

Example sentences

• 她意味深长地看了我一眼。
  Tā yìwèishēncháng de kàn le wǒ yīyǎn.
  She gave me a meaningful look.

Words containing 深长

• 意味深长yì wèi shēn chángprofound; significant; meaningful
• 寓意深长yù yì shēn chángto have profound import (idiom); to be deeply significant

Sounds the same

Read shēn cháng, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 伸长to stretch; to extend
• 身长height (of person); length of clothing from shoulders to bottom…