推波助澜 — Chinese idiom
推波助澜
tuī bō zhù lán
Traditional: 推波助瀾
Meaning
- to push the wave and add to the billows ; to add momentum
- to encourage sth to get bigger
- to add fuel to the fire
Character by character
- 推tuīto push; to expel; to drive; to decline
- 波bōwaves, ripples, breakers; undulations
- 助zhùto help, to aid, to assist
- 澜lánoverflowing; ripples, waves
Idioms sharing a character
- 互相推诿 hù xiāng tuī wěi
- 半推半就 bàn tuī bàn jiù
- 推来推去 tuī lái tuī qù
- 推心置腹 tuī xīn zhì fù
- 推杯换盏 tuī bēi huàn zhǎn
- 推贤让能 tuī xián ràng néng
- 推陈布新 tuī chén bù xīn
- 推陈出新 tuī chén chū xīn
- 沙盘推演 shā pán tuī yǎn
- 古井无波 gǔ jǐng wú bō
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