[1] Zhang was discovered in the mid-1940s by her neighbor, a broadcaster, who recommended her to sing at a local radio station.
[1][4] "给我一个吻" ("Give Me a Kiss"), a Mandarin cover of "Seven Lonely Days," became one of her best-known songs.
[1][2][6] Zhang also worked as an actress, including in the films Prisoner of Love in 1951 and The Lark in 1965.
[1][2] She married the Filipino musician Ollie Delfino, whom she had met while performing in Singapore, in the late 1950s.
[6] In 2019, her song "Tiao Yi Ge Man Bo" appeared in Season 3 of the American show The Marvelous Mrs.