发挥發揮 in English
- to display / to exhibit / to bring out implicit or innate qualities / to express (a thought or moral) / to develop (an idea) / to elaborate (on a theme)
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Stroke data from Make Me a Hanzi, derived from the Arphic PL fonts under the Arphic Public License.
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Stroke data from Make Me a Hanzi, derived from the Arphic PL fonts under the Arphic Public License.
How it used to be written
发
These are the forms of 發, the traditional character: 发 is a twentieth-century simplification, found in no ancient corpus.
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Oracle bone script 商 -
Clerical script 西晉 - See all 19 forms
挥
These are the forms of 揮, the traditional character: 挥 is a twentieth-century simplification, found in no ancient corpus.
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Bronze script 西周 -
Clerical script 西晉 - See all 4 forms
Forms, sources and dates: the 字形演變 database of 小學堂, Academia Sinica, public domain (CC0).
Examples
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Google 在推动网际网路资讯普及化上，发挥了重要作用。
Google has played an important role in making information more accessible over the internet.
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为了保持竞争力，我们得发挥我们的优势。
To remain competitive, we've got to play to our strengths.
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他们的台词大部分都是即兴发挥的。
They improvised most of their lines.
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令人遗憾的是，他并没有在决赛发挥他的最佳水平。
The regrettable thing is that he didn't even play at his highest level in the finals.
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伊隆马斯克将「凡是与你作对的人都是恋童癖」这一保守派惯用的抹黑手法发挥得淋漓尽致。
Elon Musk embodies the conservative propaganda tactic of calling everyone who crosses you a pedophile.
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发挥您的想象力。
Use your imagination.
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因为你们公司的业务能够发挥我的特长。
Because your business can play to my strengths.
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汤姆最近在工作中发挥不太好。
Tom has not been doing very well at work recently.