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發揚光大
  faat3 joeng4 gwong1 daai6   jyutping
  fa1 yang2 guang1 da4   pinyin
to carry forward; to develop; to advocate; to promote; to promulgate; to enhance; to foster and enhance; to give full play to; give greater scope to; to bring to a greater height of development; to develop and shine with greater brilliance; to develop to a higher stage; to spread and flourish


Idiom

Level: 3   Google Frequency: 1,080,000

This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.
發揚光大 / 发扬光大

This word was added by tym on 28th Aug 2005 and last edited on 30th Oct 2008

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 faat3  fa1 bo1  -  send out, launch; to become; uncover
 joeng4  yang2  -  [1] [v] raise [2] blazing (said of flames) [3]
 gwong1  guang1 guang2 guang4  -  light; shine
 daai6  da4 dai4  -  big

*** The simplified equivalent of this word has not been verified by any editors, so it may not be fully accurate ***


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