扬 (揚) yáng

1. yáng verb to raise; to hoist
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: For example, 扬手 raise a hand (CC-CEDICT '揚'; Guoyu '揚' v 1; Kroll 2015 '揚' 1, p. 532; XHZD '扬' 1, p. 870)
2. yáng verb to agitate
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 掀起 (Guoyu '揚' v 5; Kroll 2015 '揚' 2, p. 532)
3. yáng verb to praise
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 表扬 (Guoyu '揚' v 4; Kroll 2015 '揚' 3b, p. 532; Unihan '揚')
4. yáng verb to flutter; to swing up
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: As in 飘扬 (CC-CEDICT '揚'; Guoyu '揚' v 1; Kroll 2015 '揚' 1a, p. 532; XHZD '扬' 2, p. 870)
5. yáng verb to scatter; to propagate
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 往上撒 (CC-CEDICT '揚'; Guoyu '揚' v 6; Kroll 2015 '揚' 1b, p. 532; XHZD '扬' 3, p. 870; Unihan '揚')
6. yáng verb to display; to flaunt
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 彰显 (Guoyu '揚' v 3; Kroll 2015 '揚' 3, p. 532)
7. yáng verb to put on [clothes]
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Kroll 2015 '揚' 3c, p. 532)
8. yáng noun forehead
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Kroll 2015 '揚' 4, p. 532)
9. yáng adjective open; broad
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Kroll 2015 '揚' 4a, p. 532)
10. yáng noun a battle ax
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (Kroll 2015 '揚' 6, p. 532)
11. yáng verb to recommend
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 推荐 (Guoyu '揚' v 7)
12. yáng proper noun Yang
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Names , Concept: Surname 姓氏
    Notes: (Guoyu '揚' n; Kroll 2015 '揚' 7, p. 532)

Contained in

• 隐恶扬善(隱惡揚善) to praise the virtue of somebody or something while concealing their faults
• 揄扬(揄揚) to praise; to extol; to publicize; to advocate
• 趾高气扬(趾高氣揚) high and mighty; arrogant
• 斗志昂扬(鬥志昂揚) having high fighting spirit
• 扬菜(揚菜) Jiangsu cuisine
• 扬起(揚起) to raise one's head; to perk up
• 纷纷扬扬(紛紛揚揚) fluttering about (of leaves etc)
• 宣扬(宣揚) to publicise
• 飞扬跋扈(飛揚跋扈) bossy and domineering; throwing one's weight about
• 激扬(激揚) to stimulate advancement ; to advocate
• 昂扬(昂揚) elated; high-spirited
• 足高气扬(足高氣揚) high and mighty; arrogant
• 耀武扬威(耀武揚威) to show off one's military strength; to strut around; to bluff; to bluster
• 称扬(稱揚) to praise; to commend
• 扬弃(揚棄) to abandon
• 阐扬(闡揚) to expound and propagate
• 骑鹤上扬州(騎鶴上揚州) to ride a crane to Yangzhou; impossible ambition
• 扬眉(揚眉) to raise eyebrows
• 扬长而去(揚長而去) to swagger off; to walk off (or drive off etc) without a second thought for those left behind
• 扬扬(揚揚) elated; in good spirits ; fluttering
• 抑扬格(抑揚格) iambic
• 扬召(揚召) to flag down (a cab) on the street; to hail (a taxicab)
• 扬名(揚名) to become famous; to become notorious
• 颂扬(頌揚) to eulogize; to praise
• 臭名远扬(臭名遠揚) notorious far and wide
• 扬尘(揚塵) to stir up dust ; to provoke a war
• 发扬光大(發揚光大) to advocate; to promote and carry forward
• 簸扬(簸揚) to winnow
• 顿挫抑扬(頓挫抑揚) cadence; modulation
• 扬帆(揚帆) to set sail
• 上扬(上揚) to rise (i.e. number increases); a price rise; to raise
• 志高气扬(志高氣揚) high-spirited and smug
• 显扬(顯揚) to praise; to commend; to hallow
• 扬言(揚言) to put about (a story, plan, threat etc); to let it be known (especially of threat or malicious story); to threaten
• 情绪高扬(情緒高揚) in high spirits
• 传扬(傳揚) to publicize; to make known; to show off; to spread
• 扬长避短(揚長避短) to foster strengths and avoid weaknesses; to play to one's strengths
• 上扬趋势(上揚趨勢) upward trend; rising tendency
• 飞扬(飛揚) to rise; to fly upward
• 扬抑格(揚抑格) trochaic
• 跨鹤扬州(跨鶴揚州) to ride a crane to Yangzhou; to become a Daoist immortal; to die

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扬州 、 赛扬 、 扬州市 、 扬中市 、 米高扬 、 扬中 、 扬子江 、 肖扬 、 耶莱娜·扬科维奇 、 维扬区

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• 卷二百二十四 列傳第一百十二 嚴清 宋纁 陸光祖 孫鑨 陳有年 孫丕揚 蔡國珍 楊時喬 Volume 224 Biographies 112: Yan Qing, Song Xun, Lu Guangzu, Sun Long, Chen Younian, Sun Piyang, Cai Guozhen, Yang Shiqiao History of Ming 明史 — count: 55
• 卷二十二 志第十二 樂四 Volume 22 Treatises 12: Music 4 Book of Song 宋書 — count: 20
• 卷二十一 任李萬邳劉耿列傳 Volume 21: Biographies of Ren, Li, Wan, Pi, Liu, Geng Book of Later Han 後漢書 — count: 18
• 卷三十四 Scroll 34 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 18
• 卷一百三十四 志第八十七 樂九 Volume 134 Treatises 87: Music 9 History of Song 宋史 — count: 17
• 卷八十七 揚雄傳 上 Volume 87a: Yang Xiong 1 Book of Han 漢書 — count: 15
• 卷七十　　志第二十一: 　禮樂四 Volume 70 Treatises 23: Rites and Music 4 History of Yuan 元史 — count: 15
• 卷二十四 Scroll 24 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 14
• 卷二十 Scroll 20 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 14
• 卷六十七 列傳第二十七 謝靈運 Volume 67 Biographies 27: Xie Lingyun Book of Song 宋書 — count: 14

Collocations

• 解扬 (解揚) 晉侯使解揚歸匡戚之田于衛 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 文公 Lord Wen — count: 9
• 扬觯 (揚觶) 杜蕢洗而揚觶 — The Book of Rites 禮記, 《檀弓下》 Tan Gong II — count: 8
• 奋扬 (奮揚) 使城父司馬奮揚殺大子 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 昭公 Lord Zhao — count: 6
• 清扬 (清揚) 子之清揚 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 國風‧鄘‧君子偕老 Lessons from the states - Odes of Yong - Jun Zi Xie Lao — count: 6
• 扬人 (揚人) 揚人骸 — Huainanzi 淮南子, 卷六　覽冥訓 Chapter 6: Observing the Obscure — count: 5
• 扬干戚 (揚干戚) 吹竽笙而揚干戚 — Mozi 墨子, 卷八 非樂上 Book 8 - Condemnation of Music I — count: 4
• 扬恶 (揚惡) 則蔽美揚惡 — Guanzi 管子, 法法第十六 Chapter 16: Fa Fa — count: 3
• 扬曰 (揚曰) 盟于督揚曰 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 襄公 Lord Xiang — count: 3
• 督扬 (督揚) 我師次于督揚 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 成公 Lord Cheng — count: 3
• 扬婉 (揚婉) 清揚婉兮 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 國風‧鄭‧野有蔓草 Lessons from the states - Odes of Zheng - Ye You Man Cao — count: 3