发扬踔厉 — Chinese idiom
发扬踔厉
fā yáng chuō lì
Traditional: 發揚踔厲
Meaning
- to be full of vigor
Character by character
- 发fāto issue, to dispatch, to send out; hair
- 扬yángto flutter, to wave; to hoist, to raise; to praise
- 踔chuōto stride, to excel, to get ahead
- 厉lìwhetstone; to grind, to sharpen, to whet
Idioms sharing a character
- 一言不发 yī yán bù fā
- 一语不发 yī yǔ bù fā
- 不悱不发 bù fěi bù fā
- 令人发指 lìng rén fà zhǐ
- 先发制人 xiān fā zhì rén
- 千钧一发 qiān jūn yī fà
- 升官发财 shēng guān fā cái
- 厚积薄发 hòu jī bó fā
- 大发慈悲 dà fā cí bēi
- 容光焕发 róng guāng huàn fā
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