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HSK
to praise / to commend
HSK 4
to praise / to approve of / to show approval
HSK 7-9
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  *揚* | 揚* | *揚
to raise / to hoist / the action of tossing or winnowing / scattering (in the wind) / to flutter / to propagate
HSK 7-9
to enhance / to promote / to enrich
HSK 7-9
to develop / to make full use of
HSK 7-9
bubbling and gurgling / hubbubing / abuzz
HSK 7-9
to develop and promote / to carry forward / to bring to great height of development
HSK 7-9
to publicize; to advertise; to spread far and wide
HSK 7-9
HSK 7-9
variant of 得意洋洋
HSK 7-9
to display ostentatiously / to bring out into the open / to make public / to spread around / flamboyant / brash
HSK 7-9
Yangzhou fried rice, featuring scrambled egg, diced vegetables and multiple proteins – typically shrimp and barbecued pork
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abbr. for Yangzhou 揚州|扬州 in Jiangsu / surname Yang
speaker
to raise one's head / to perk up
to rise / to fly upward
to wave / to flutter / to fly
(of prices etc) to rise
yangqin / dulcimer (hammered string musical instrument)
to set sail
melodious; mellifluous
lit. to take different roads and urge the horses on (idiom) / fig. to part ways
to put about (a story, plan, threat etc) / to let it be known (esp. of threat or malicious story) / to threaten
to expound / to propagate
elated / high-spirited / uplifting (music)
Yangzhong, county-level city in Zhenjiang 鎮江|镇江, Jiangsu
Yang Xiong (53 BC-18 AD), scholar, poet and lexicographer, author of the first Chinese dialect dictionary 方言
to swagger off / to walk off (or drive off etc) without a second thought for those left behind
high and mighty (idiom); arrogant
to praise
(idiom) (of leaves etc) fluttering about
(fame) spreads far and wide
to eulogize / to praise
having high fighting spirit
stinking reputation / notorious far and wide
quietly / without ostentation
to foster strengths and avoid weaknesses (idiom) / to play to one's strengths
to whip on / to raise a whip / by ext. to swagger
to become famous / to become notorious
lit. family shames must not be spread abroad (idiom) / fig. don't wash your dirty linen in public
with swagger / ostentatiously / to make the best use of one's strengths
Celeron (an Intel chip)
a capstan
to praise / to commend / to hallow
Jankovic / Yankovic / Yankovich / Jelena Jankovic (1985-), Serbian tennis player
Changjiang 長江|长江 or Yangtze River / old name for Changjiang, especially lower reaches around Yangzhou 揚州|扬州
bossy and domineering / throwing one's weight about
lit. drain away filth and bring in fresh water (idiom); fig. dispel evil and usher in good / eliminate vice and exalt virtue
held high / elevated / uplift / soaring
to praise / to compliment
in high spirits (idiom); glowing with health and vigor
to spread (by word of mouth)
to praise / to extol / to publicize / to advocate
Mikoyan (name) / Anastas Ivanonovich Mikoyan (1895-1978), Soviet politician, politburo member in the 1950s and 1960s / Artem Ivanovich Mikoyan (1905-1970), brother of the politician and one designer of MiG military aircraft
(idiom) to highlight sb's good points but omit to mention their faults
Yangzhong, county-level city in Zhenjiang 鎮江|镇江, Jiangsu
lit. drain away filth and bring in fresh water (idiom); fig. dispel evil and usher in good / eliminate vice and exalt virtue
cadence / modulation
high and mighty (idiom); arrogant
to be full of vigor (idiom)
a show of strength
variant of 弘揚|弘扬
high-spirited and smug
modulation (rising and falling pitch) / intonation / a cadence / to rise and fall (of a body floating in water)
lit. to raise a banner to summon the soul of a dying person (idiom) / fig. to try to revive what is obsolete or dead
to raise eyebrows
to become known far and wide (idiom) / famous
a whirlwind
to uphold virtue and condemn evil (idiom)
Xiao Yang (1938-), president of the PRC Supreme Court 1998-2008
to set sail on a voyage to a distant place / (fig.) to undertake a great mission
historical name for Yangzhou 揚州|扬州
Jiangsu cuisine
Svalbard and Jan Mayen
upward trend; tendency to increase
(idiom) nothing special to look at / unprepossessing
Japanese-style fried food, usually chicken (orthographic borrowing from Japanese 唐揚げ "karaage")
Zhang Yang (1967-), PRC film director and screenwriter
iambic
to flag down (a cab) on the street / to hail (a taxicab)
known throughout the country (idiom); world-famous
Chinese alligator (Alligator sinensis)
Yangzhou, prefecture-level city in Jiangsu Province 江蘇省|江苏省
trochaic
to winnow
to winnow
to show off one's military strength (idiom); to strut around / to bluff / to bluster
Jelena Jankovic (1985-), Serbian tennis player
lit. to ride a crane to Yangzhou / to become a Daoist immortal / to die
lit. to ride a crane to Yangzhou (idiom); to get an official position


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