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kuòchōng

to expand; augment; enrich

A librarian adds new books to a half-empty shelf
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Characters in this word

扩 kuò

Strokes
6
Radical
扌 — hand
Made of
扌 hand 广 broad, vast, wide
How it's built
Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
More about the character 扩

充 chōng

Strokes
6
Radical
儿 — son, child
Made of
亠 lid, cover 允 to grant, to consent
More about the character 充

Example phrases

  • 学校计划扩充心理辅导团队,以应对学生压力持续上升的问题。 Xuéxiào jìhuà kuòchōng xīnlǐ fǔdǎo tuánduì, yǐ yìngduì xuéshēng yālì chíxù shàngshēng de wèntí. The school plans to expand its psychological counselling team to deal with the continuing rise in student stress.
  • 图书馆今年扩充了不少新书。 Túshūguǎn jīnnián kuòchōng le bù shǎo xīn shū. The library has added quite a few new books this year.
  • 多读书可以扩充你的词汇量。 Duō dú shū kěyǐ kuòchōng nǐ de cíhuìliàng. Reading more can enlarge your vocabulary.

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