measure of length, ten Chinese feet (3.3 m); to measure; husband; polite appellation for an older male

wife's mother; mother-in-law

wife's father (father-in-law); old man

wife's mother; mother-in-law

to measure; measurement

ancient spear-like weapon 18 Chinese feet 尺[chi3] in length, with a wavy spearhead like a snake's body

see 丈二和尚，摸不著頭腦|丈二和尚，摸不着头脑[zhang4 er4 he2 shang5 , mo1 bu5 zhao2 tou2 nao3]

lit. like a three-meter high monk, you can't rub his head (idiom); fig. at a total loss