一张张

一張張

yīzhāngzhāng

phrase #34,315

Meanings

1 one after another (of flat objects)
2 sheet after sheet
3 many [sheets/photos/faces], one by one

Characters

measure word for flat objects

measure word (reduplicated)

Examples

她翻看着一张张老照片，眼里含着泪。

Tā fānkàn zhe yī zhāng zhāng lǎo zhàopiàn, yǎn lǐ hán zhe lèi.

She leafed through one old photo after another, her eyes filled with tears.

广场上一张张笑脸格外灿烂。

Guǎngchǎng shàng yī zhāng zhāng xiàoliǎn géwài cànlàn.

On the square, one beaming face after another shone especially bright.

Tips

grammar

Reduplicated measure-word pattern: 一 + MW + MW marks 'one after another' or 'every single one of...' Works with any flat-object measure word: 一张张 (sheets/faces), 一片片 (slices/leaves), 一条条 (strips/streets), 一本本 (books). Adds a vivid, slightly literary flavor to descriptive prose.

memory

Think of flipping through a photo album — each 张 is one sheet, and you go through them 一张, 一张, 一张... compressed into 一张张.

Stroke Order

一 yī

张 zhāng