倡
chàng
Pinyin

Definition

倡
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chàng
  1. to initiate
  2. to instigate
  3. to introduce
  4. to lead

Character Decomposition

Related Words (7)

倡议
chàng yì
  1. 1 to suggest
  2. 2 to initiate
  3. 3 proposal
  4. 4 initiative
倡导
chàng dǎo
  1. 1 to advocate
  2. 2 to initiate
  3. 3 to propose
  4. 4 to be a proponent of (an idea or school of thought)
反腐倡廉
fǎn fǔ chàng lián
  1. 1 to fight corruption and advocate probity
提倡
tí chàng
  1. 1 to promote
  2. 2 to advocate
倡导者
chàng dǎo zhě
  1. 1 proponent
  2. 2 advocate
  3. 3 pioneer

Idioms (2)

一倡三叹
yī chàng sān tàn
  1. 1 (of literature, music) deeply moving (idiom)
彼倡此和
bǐ chàng cǐ hé
  1. 1 to chorus sb else's lead (idiom); to chime in in agreement

Sample Sentences

同时他认为，双方在“一带一路”倡议框架下实现战略对接，将为中非合作注入强大动力。
tóngshí tā rènwéi ，shuāngfāng zài “YīdàiYīlù ”chàngyì kuàngjià xià shíxiàn zhànlu:è duìjiē ，jiāng wéi ZhōngFēi hézuò zhùrù qiángdà dònglì 。
At the same time, he believes that the two sides will achieve strategic alignment under the framework of the “Belt and Road Initiative” which will inject strong momentum into China-Africa cooperation.
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当然，你说的没错，所有的文化一定和社会形态密不可分。同时，孝悌文化经孔孟儒学的发挥，及历代帝王的提倡，也确实是深入民心。
dāngrán ，nǐshuōde méicuò ，suǒyǒu de wénhuà yīdìng hé shèhuì xíngtài mì bùkě fēn 。tóngshí ，xiàotì wénhuà jīng kǒngmèng rúxué de fāhuī ，jí lìdài dìwáng de tíchàng ，yě quèshí shì shēnrù mínxīn 。
Of course, you're right. All culture has an intimate relationship with social structures. At the same time, the culture of filial piety and fraternal duty, as expressed by Confucius, Mencius and the Confucian school, and promoted by successive emperors and kings, has really been deeply implanted in people's minds.
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是啊，虽然教育部门早就提倡“素质教育了”，希望学生们都能德智体美劳全面发展，无奈理想很丰满，现实很骨感啊！
shì a ，suīrán jiàoyù bùmén zǎo jiù tíchàng “sùzhìjiàoyù le ”，xīwàng xuéshēng men dōu néng dé zhì tǐ měi láo quánmiàn fāzhǎn ，wúnài lǐxiǎng hěn fēngmǎn ，xiànshí hěn gǔgǎn ā ！
Yeah, although the Ministry of Education has long called for "rounded education", in the hope that students are all able to develop in a rounded way in terms of their moral fortitude, their intellectual abilities, their physical strength and hard working nature, the ideal of it is a lot more substantial than the reality!
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中国已建交的约170个国家里头，将近60个曾被冠以各种“伙伴关系”，比如中俄“全面战略协作伙伴关系”、中美“建设性的战略伙伴关系”、中英“全球性的战略伙伴关系”、中巴“全天候的战略伙伴关系”、中日“面向二十一世纪的战略伙伴关系”，以及习近平主席出访欧洲时，曾倡导中法建设“新型全面战略伙伴关系”、中德建立“全方位战略伙伴关系”。
Zhōngguó yǐ jiànjiāo de yuē yībǎiqīshí gè guójiā lǐtou ，jiāngjìn liùshí gè céng bèi guàn yǐ gèzhǒng “huǒbàn guānxi ”，bǐrú zhōng é “quánmiàn zhànlüè xiézuò huǒbàn guānxi ”、Zhōng Měi “jiànshèxìng de zhànlüè huǒbàn guānxi ”、zhōng yīng “quánqiúxìng de zhànlüè huǒbàn guānxi ”、zhōng bā “quántiānhòu de zhànlüè huǒbàn guānxi ”、zhōng rì “miànxiàng èrshíyī shìjì de zhànlüè huǒbàn guānxi ”，yǐjí xíjìnpíng zhǔxí chūfǎng Ōuzhōu shí ，céng chàngdǎo zhōng fǎ jiànshè “xīnxíng quánmiàn zhànlüè huǒbàn guānxi ”、zhōng dé jiànlì “quánfāngwèi zhànlüè huǒbàn guānxi ”。
China has already established diplomatic relations with almost 170 countries, almost 60 "relationships" with various names, like China and Russia's "Comprehensive Strategic Partnership", China and the USA's "Constructive Strategic Partnership", China and the UK's "Global Strategic Partnership", China and Pakistan's "All-weather Strategic Partnership", China and Japan's "Strategic Partnership Facing the 21st Century", and when Xi Jinping visited Europe, he once proposed that France and China establish a "new type of Comprehensive and Strategic partnership" and that China and Germany to establish "Comprehensive Strategic Partnership".
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其次就是大力发展公共交通，减少私家车的碳排量，倡导低碳生活。
qícì jiùshì dàlì fāzhǎn gōnggòng jiāotōng ，jiǎnshǎo sījiāchē de tànpáiliàng ，chàngdǎo dītàn shēnghuó 。
Next is to actively develop public transport, to reduce the carbon emissions from private cars and promote low-carbon lives.
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所以有人提倡网路实名制，但我觉得既然在大家彼此熟识的校园里，都会发生霸凌事件，记不记名应该没有很大的差别吧？
suǒyǐ yǒurén tíchàng wǎnglù shímíngzhì ，dàn wǒ juéde jìrán zài dàjiā bǐcǐ shúshí de xiàoyuán lǐ ，dōuhuì fāshēng bàlíng shìjiàn ，jì bú jì míng yīnggāi méiyǒu hěndà de chābié ba ？
That's why some people are advocating for real-name verification online, but I think that even at a school where everyone knows each other well, bullying still happens, so whether or not people's real names are used won't make a lot of difference, will it?
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提倡男女平等。
tíchàng nánnǚ píngděng 。
It advocated gender equality.
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他们认为中国几千年来使用的文言文式样的书面表达方式不利于思想文化传播。所以为了便于在社会大众中宣传新思想，他们提倡使用更接近日常会话的白话文进行写作和交流。《新青年》就是新文化运动的主战场。
tāmen rènwéi Zhōngguó jǐ qiān nián lái shǐyòng de wényánwén shìyàng de shūmiàn biǎodá fāngshì bù lìyú sīxiǎng wénhuà chuánbō 。suǒyǐ wèile biànyú zài shèhuì dàzhòng zhōng xuānchuán xīn sīxiǎng ，tāmen tíchàng shǐyòng gèng jiējìn rìcháng huìhuà de báihuàwén jìnxíng xiězuò hé jiāoliú 。 xīnqīngnián 》jiùshì xīnwénhuàyùndòng de zhǔ zhànchǎng 。
They believed that the system of only using classical Chinese in writing, which had been in use for thousands of years, wasn't beneficial to the dissemination of thought and culture. So, in order to make this dissemination more convenient for the masses, they advocated the use of current and daily-use language in writing and communication. The literary journal, "New Youth" was the New Culture Movement's primary battlefield.
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新文化运动主要是废文言倡白话，对吧？
xīnwénhuà yùndòng zhǔyào shì fèi wényán chàng báihuà ，duìba ？
The New Culture Movement was mostly about abolishing classical language and advocating vernacular language, right?
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其实呢，混合动力车也是大势所趋，迟早要普及的。许多新能源不断被开发出来，像电能、氢气、太阳能甚至生物能都被逐步地应用到汽车上。特别在倡导环保方面，国外开混合动力车就是一种潮流。
qíshí ne ，hùnhé dònglì chē yě shì dàshìsuǒqū ，chízǎo yào pǔjí de 。xǔduō bùduàn bèi kāifā chūlái ，xiàng diànnéng 、qīngqì 、tàiyángnéng shènzhì shēngwùnéng dōu bèi zhúbù de yìngyòng dào qìchē shàng 。tèbié zài chàngdǎo huánbǎo fāngmiàn ， kāi hùnhé dònglì chē jiù shì yī zhǒng cháoliú 。
Actually, hybrid cars are the current trend. Sooner or later, they'll be common enough. Many new forms of energy being developed and released like electricity, hydrogen power, solar power and even bio-energy, will all gradually be applied to vehicles. Especially because of the ways in which they promote environmental friendliness, abroad, hybrid cars are a kind of craze.
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