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飞跃

fēiyuè

to leap; to make a great advance

A person in a red scarf leaps across a gap over a stream
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Characters in this word

飞 fēi

Strokes
3
Radical
飞 — to fly, to dart
How it's built
Pictograph — a drawing of the thing

跃 yuè

Strokes
11
Radical
足 — foot
Made of
足 foot 夭 young, energetic
How it's built
Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
More about the character 跃

Example phrases

  • 这项技术如果能够量产,将推动整个行业实现质的飞跃。 Zhè xiàng jìshù rúguǒ nénggòu liàngchǎn, jiāng tuīdòng zhěnggè hángyè shíxiàn zhì de fēiyuè. If this technology can be mass-produced, it will push the whole industry to make a qualitative leap.
  • 他的汉语水平在一年里有了飞跃。 Tā de Hànyǔ shuǐpíng zài yì nián lǐ yǒu le fēiyuè. His Chinese level made a leap within one year.
  • 运动员飞跃过横杆,成功打破了纪录。 Yùndòngyuán fēiyuè guò hénggān, chénggōng dǎpò le jìlù. The athlete leapt over the bar and successfully broke the record.

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