张 張 zhāng to open up / to spread / sheet of paper / classifier for flat objects, sheet / classifier for votes syn 传 傳 chuán to pass on / to spread / to transmit / to infect / to transfer / to circulate / to conduct (electricity) syn 流 liú to flow / to disseminate / to circulate or spread / to move or drift / to degenerate / to banish or send into exile / stream of water or sth resembling one / class, rate or grade syn 布 bù cloth / to declare / to announce / to spread / to make known syn 流行 liú xíng (of a contagious disease etc) to spread / to propagate / (of a style of clothing, song etc) popular / fashionable syn 展开 展開 zhǎn kāi to unfold / to spread out / to open up / to launch / to carry out syn 传播 傳播 chuán bō to disseminate / to propagate / to spread syn 展 zhǎn to spread out / to open up / to exhibit / to put into effect / to postpone / to prolong / exhibition syn 张开 張開 zhāng kāi to open up / to spread / to extend syn 名誉 名譽 míng yù fame / reputation / honor / honorary / emeritus (of retired professor) syn 扩散 擴散 kuò sàn to spread / to proliferate / to diffuse syn 蔓延 màn yán to extend / to spread syn 流传 流傳 liú chuán to spread / to circulate / to hand down syn 流言 liú yán rumor / gossip / to spread rumors syn 声誉 聲譽 shēng yù reputation / fame syn 发达 發達 fā dá well-developed / flourishing / to develop / to promote / to expand / (literary) to achieve fame and fortune / to prosper syn 取名 qǔ míng to name / to be named / to christen / to seek fame syn 延伸 yán shēn to extend / to spread syn 散播 sàn bō to spread / to disperse / to disseminate syn 宣扬 宣揚 xuān yáng to publicize / to advertise / to spread far and wide syn 推广 推廣 tuī guǎng to extend / to spread / to popularize / generalization / promotion (of a product etc) syn 名气 名氣 míng qì reputation / fame syn 张扬 張揚 zhāng yáng to display ostentatiously / to bring out into the open / to make public / to spread around / flamboyant / brash syn 连累 連累 lián lěi to involve / to implicate sb / to spread to others (harm, trouble, damage etc) syn 传开 傳開 chuán kāi (of news) to spread / to get around syn 出风头 出風頭 chū fēng tou to push oneself forward / to seek fame / to be in the limelight / same as 出鋒頭|出锋头[chu1 feng1 tou5] syn 罗布 羅布 luó bù to display / to spread out / to distribute / old spelling of 盧布|卢布[lu2 bu4], ruble 传遍 傳遍 chuán biàn to spread widely syn 波及 bō jí to spread to / to involve / to affect syn 展翅 zhǎn chì to spread wings syn 不翼而飞 不翼而飛 bù yì ér fēi to disappear without trace / to vanish all of a sudden / to spread fast / to spread like wildfire syn 名利 míng lì fame and profit syn 贪图 貪圖 tān tú to covet / to seek (riches, fame) syn 猎取 獵取 liè qǔ to hunt / (fig.) to seek (fame etc) 铺平 鋪平 pū píng to spread out (material) / to pave (the way, a road etc) syn 声势 聲勢 shēng shì fame and power / prestige / influence / impetus / momentum syn 普及 pǔ jí to spread extensively / to generalize / widespread / popular / universal / ubiquitous / pervasive syn 劈开 劈開 pī kāi to cleave / to split open / to spread open (fingers, legs) syn 稀疏 xī shū sparse / infrequent / thinly spread syn 名利双收 名利雙收 míng lì shuāng shōu both fame and fortune (idiom) / both virtue and reward 盛传 盛傳 shèng chuán widely spread / widely rumored / stories abound / (sb's exploits are) widely circulated syn 扒开 扒開 bā kāi to pry open or apart / to spread (sth) open with both hands syn 平摊 平攤 píng tān to spread out / (fig.) to share equally syn 威名 wēi míng fame for fighting prowess / military glory syn 放毒 fàng dú to poison / (fig.) to spread vicious rumors syn 铺垫 鋪墊 pū diàn to spread out bedding / bedcover syn 施肥 shī féi to spread manure / to apply fertilizer syn 传扬 傳揚 chuán yáng to spread (by word of mouth) syn 不胫而走 不脛而走 bù jìng ér zǒu to get round fast / to spread like wildfire syn 笑逐颜开 笑逐顏開 xiào zhú yán kāi smile spread across the face (idiom) / beaming with pleasure / all smiles / joy written across one's face syn 奔走相告 bēn zǒu xiāng gào to spread the news (idiom) 成名作 chéng míng zuò seminal work that propels a writer (or artist, composer etc) to fame 以讹传讹 以訛傳訛 yǐ é chuán é to spread falsehoods / to increasingly distort the truth / to pile errors on top of errors (idiom) syn 功名 gōng míng scholarly honor (in imperial exams) / rank / achievement / fame / glory syn 佳话 佳話 jiā huà story or deed that captures the imagination and is spread far and wide syn 名目 míng mù name / designation / item / rubric / (formal usage) fame syn 名位 míng wèi fame and position / official rank syn 流毒 liú dú to spread poison / pernicious influence syn 字号 字號 zì hao character size / font size / fame / reputation / shop / name of a shop 利差 yield spread 铺陈 鋪陳 pū chén to arrange / to spread out / to narrate in detail / to describe at great length / to elaborate syn 铺展 鋪展 pū zhǎn to spread out syn 防控 fáng kòng to prevent and control (e.g. the spread of a communicable disease) 摊开 攤開 tān kāi to spread out / to unfold 大乘 dà shèng Mahayana, the Great Vehicle / Buddhism based on the Mayahana sutras, as spread to Central Asia, China and beyond / also pr. [Da4 cheng2] 恬淡 tián dàn quiet and contented / indifferent to fame or gain syn 垫圈 墊圈 diàn juàn to spread litter in a cowshed, pigsty etc 看淡 kàn dàn to regard as unimportant / to be indifferent to (fame, wealth etc) / (of an economy or a market) to slacken 敷设 敷設 fū shè to lay / to spread out syn 远扬 遠揚 yuǎn yáng (fame) spreads far and wide 星罗棋布 星羅棋布 xīng luó qí bù scattered about like stars in the sky or chess pieces on a board (idiom) / spread all over the place syn 铺盖 鋪蓋 pū gài to spread evenly over syn 闻 聞 wén to hear / news / well-known / famous / reputation / fame / to smell / to sniff at syn 巴 bā to long for / to wish / to cling to / to stick to / sth that sticks / close to / next to / spread open / informal abbr. for bus 巴士[ba1 shi4] / bar (unit of pressure) / nominalizing suffix on certain nouns, such as 尾巴[wei3 ba5], tail syn 播 bō (bound form) to sow (seeds) / to spread (ideas, rumors etc) / to broadcast (radio signals etc) / Taiwan pr. [bo4] syn 披 pī to drape over one's shoulders / to open / to unroll / to split open / to spread out syn 罩 zhào to cover / to spread over / a cover / a shade / a hood / bamboo fish trap / bamboo chicken coop / (Tw) (coll.) to protect / to have sb's back / (Tw) (coll.) awesome / incredible / (Tw) (coll.) (often as 罩得住[zhao4de2zhu4]) to have things under control / to be able to handle it syn 铺 鋪 pū to spread / to display / to set up / (old) holder for door-knocker syn 广 廣 guǎng wide / numerous / to spread syn 摊 攤 tān to spread out / vendor's stand syn 霜 shuāng frost / white powder or cream spread over a surface / frosting / (skin) cream syn 敷 fū to spread / to lay out / to apply (powder, ointment etc) / sufficient (to cover) / enough syn 蔓 màn creeper / to spread syn 乍 zhà at first / suddenly / abruptly / to spread / (of hair) to stand on end / bristling syn 驰 馳 chí to run fast / to speed / to gallop / to disseminate / to spread syn 实至名归 實至名歸 shí zhì míng guī fame follows merit (idiom) syn 传布 傳布 chuán bù to spread / to propagate / to disseminate syn 衍 yǎn to spread out / to develop / to overflow / to amplify / superfluous syn 搪 táng to keep out / to hold off / to ward off / to evade / to spread / to coat / to smear / to daub syn 蜚短流长 蜚短流長 fēi duǎn liú cháng to spread malicious gossip / also written 飛短流長|飞短流长[fei1 duan3 liu2 chang2] 飞短流长 飛短流長 fēi duǎn liú cháng to spread malicious gossip syn 磔 zhé old term for the right-falling stroke in Chinese characters (e.g. the last stroke of 大[da4]), now called 捺[na4] / sound made by birds (onom.) / (literary) to dismember (form of punishment) / to spread syn 捭 bǎi to spread out / to open 飏 颺 yáng to soar / to fly / to float / variant of 揚|扬[yang2], to scatter / to spread 摅 攄 shū set forth / to spread 徒有虚名 徒有虛名 tú yǒu xū míng with an undeserved reputation (idiom) / unwarranted fame / nowhere near as good as he's made out to be syn 名噪一时 名噪一時 míng zào yī shí to achieve fame among one's contemporaries (idiom) / temporary or local celebrity syn 沽名钓誉 沽名釣譽 gū míng diào yù to angle for fame (idiom) / to fish for compliments syn 争名夺利 爭名奪利 zhēng míng duó lì to fight for fame, grab profit (idiom) / scrambling for fame and wealth / only interested in personal gain 