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发挥
發揮
fāhuī
1. to display
2. to exhibit
3. to bring out implicit or innate qualities
4. to express (a thought or moral)
5. to develop (an idea)
6. to elaborate (on a theme)
HSK 5 Common • Top 7%

Character Breakdown

发
fā
to issue, to dispatch, to send out; hair
HSK 3 5 丶
挥
huī
to direct; to squander; to wave; to wipe away
HSK 5 9 丶

Compound Words (2)

借题发挥
jiètífāhuī
to use the current topic to put over one's own ideas
即兴发挥
jíxìngfāhuī
improvisation

Metadata

Category
Chinese
Word Frequency Rank
5,664 of 84,292