发 fā
- Strokes
- 5
- Radical
- 又 — and, also, again, in addition
发扬光大
fāyángguāngdà
to carry forward and further develop
Characters in this word
扬 yáng
- Strokes
- 6
- Radical
- 扌 — hand
- Made of
- 扌 hand 昜 bright, glorious
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
光 guāng
- Strokes
- 6
- Radical
- 儿 — son, child
- Made of
- ⺌ small 兀 weak
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
Example phrases
- 这门传统手艺在他手里得到了发扬光大。 Zhè mén chuántǒng shǒuyì zài tā shǒu lǐ dédào le fāyáng guāngdà. This traditional craft was carried forward and flourished in his hands.
- 老一辈的好作风需要我们去发扬光大。 Lǎo yí bèi de hǎo zuòfēng xūyào wǒmen qù fāyáng guāngdà. The good habits of the older generation need us to carry them forward and build on them.
- 他希望把家乡的茶文化发扬光大，让更多人了解。 Tā xīwàng bǎ jiāxiāng de chá wénhuà fāyáng guāngdà, ràng gèng duō rén liǎojiě. He hopes to build up his hometown's tea culture so that more people come to know it.
Related words
- 出发 chūfā to set out
- 发 fā to send; to hand out
- 发现 fāxiàn to discover; to find
- 头发 tóufa hair
- 发表 fābiǎo to publish; to express publicly
- 发出 fāchū to give off; to send out
- 发达 fādá developed; advanced
- 发动 fādòng to start; to launch
- 发明 fāmíng to invent; invention
- 发生 fāshēng to happen; to occur
- 发送 fāsòng to send
- 发言 fāyán to speak; to make a speech