1measure of length, ten Chinese feet (3.3 m)
2to measure
3husband
4polite appellation for an older male
Examples
wǒ我xīng qī tiān星期天cháng cháng常常dào到zhàng丈rén人zhàng丈mǔ母jiā家qù去bāng帮tā men他们gàn干diǎn点lì qi力气huó活。
我星期天常常到丈人丈母家去帮他们干点力气活。
I often go to my mother-in-law and father-in-law's house on Sundays to help them do physical work.
俗话说:邪不压正;可俗话又说:道高一尺,魔高一丈!
As the saying goes: "good always triumphs over evil". But there's another saying that: "the fight against evil is a constant struggle".