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扩张

kuòzhāng

to expand; expansion

Red rooftops spread outward over green fields
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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

张 zhāng

Strokes
7
Radical
弓 — bow
Made of
弓 bow 长 long, lasting
How it's built
Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound

Example phrases

  • 平台过度扩张后,管理漏洞终于在一次数据泄露中暴露出来。 Píngtái guòdù kuòzhāng hòu, guǎnlǐ lòudòng zhōngyú zài yí cì shùjù xièlòu zhōng bàolù chūlái. After the platform expanded excessively, management loopholes finally surfaced in a data leak.
  • 这家公司几年内迅速扩张,开了几十家分店。 Zhè jiā gōngsī jǐ nián nèi xùnsù kuòzhāng, kāi le jǐ shí jiā fēndiàn. This company expanded rapidly within a few years and opened dozens of branches.
  • 城市不断扩张,农田越来越少了。 Chéngshì búduàn kuòzhāng, nóngtián yuè lái yuè shǎo le. The city keeps expanding, and there is less and less farmland.

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