方兴未艾 (方興未艾)
fāng xīng wèi ài
Pinyin

Definition

方兴未艾 (方興未艾)
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fāng xīng wèi ài
  1. flourishing and still in the ascendant (idiom); rapidly expanding
  2. still growing strong
  3. on the up

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

地方
dì fāng
  1. 1 region
  2. 2 regional (away from the central administration)
  3. 3 local
官方
guān fāng
  1. 1 government
  2. 2 official (approved or issued by an authority)
对方
duì fāng
  1. 1 counterpart
  2. 2 other person involved
  3. 3 opposite side
  4. 4 other side
  5. 5 receiving party
方
Fāng
  1. 1 surname Fang
方便
fāng biàn
  1. 1 convenient
  2. 2 suitable
  3. 3 to facilitate
  4. 4 to make things easy
  5. 5 having money to spare
  6. 6 (euphemism) to relieve oneself

Idioms (20)

一波未平，一波又起
yī bō wèi píng , yī bō yòu qǐ
  1. 1 before the first wave subsides, a new wave rises (idiom); a new problem arises before the old is solved
  2. 2 many twists and turns to a story
  3. 3 one thing after another
一醉方休
yī zuì fāng xiū
  1. 1 to get thoroughly drunk (idiom)
  2. 2 to get plastered
不以规矩，不能成方圆
bù yǐ guī ju , bù néng chéng fāng yuán
  1. 1 without rules, nothing can be done (idiom, from Mencius); one must follow some rules
乳臭未干
rǔ xiù wèi gān
  1. 1 smell of mother's milk not yet dried (idiom); immature and inexperienced
  2. 2 still wet behind the ears
来日方长
lái rì fāng cháng
  1. 1 the future is long (idiom); there will be ample time for that later
  2. 2 We'll cross that bridge when we get there

Sample Sentences

是啊，从席卷全球的网购热潮，再到物联网、分享经济、智能制造等方兴未艾，互联网深刻影响着人类的生产生活，给人类社会带来了新机遇，也带来了新挑战。
shì a ，cóng xíjuǎn quánqiú de wǎnggòu rècháo ，zài dào wùliánwǎng 、fēnxiǎng jīngjì 、zhìnéng zhìzào děng fāngxīngwèiài ，hùliánwǎng shēnkè yǐngxiǎng zhe rénlèi de shēngchǎn shēnghuó ，gěi rénlèi shèhuì dàilái le xīn jīyù ，yě dàilái le xīn tiǎozhàn 。
Yeah, from the internet shopping craze sweeping the globe, to flourishing sectors like the Internet of Things (IoT), the sharing economy and smart manufacturing, the internet has had a profound impact on humanity's modes of production and lifestyles, bringing new opportunities for society as well as new challenges.
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