方兴未已 — Chinese idiom
方兴未已
fāng xīng wèi yǐ
Traditional: 方興未已
Meaning
- flourishing and still in the ascendant ; rapidly expanding
- still growing strong
- on the up
Character by character
- 方fāngsquare, rectangle; side; region; flag
- 兴xīngto thrive, to prosper, to flourish
- 未wèinot yet; 8th terrestrial branch
- 已yǐalready; finished; to stop; then, afterwards
Idioms sharing a character
- 一醉方休 yī zuì fāng xiū
- 来日方长 lái rì fāng cháng
- 千方百计 qiān fāng bǎi jì
- 四面八方 sì miàn bā fāng
- 外圆内方 wài yuán nèi fāng
- 富甲一方 fù jiǎ yī fāng
- 志在四方 zhì zài sì fāng
- 想方设法 xiǎng fāng shè fǎ
- 方寸大乱 fāng cùn dà luàn
- 方寸已乱 fāng cùn yǐ luàn
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