施展
shī zhǎn
Pinyin

Definition

施展
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shī zhǎn
  1. to use fully
  2. to put to use

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

展现
zhǎn xiàn
  1. 1 to come out
  2. 2 to emerge
  3. 3 to reveal
  4. 4 to display
展示
zhǎn shì
  1. 1 to reveal
  2. 2 to display
  3. 3 to show
  4. 4 to exhibit sth
展开
zhǎn kāi
  1. 1 to unfold
  2. 2 to carry out
  3. 3 to be in full swing
  4. 4 to launch
施工
shī gōng
  1. 1 construction
  2. 2 to carry out construction or large-scale repairs
发展
fā zhǎn
  1. 1 development
  2. 2 growth
  3. 3 to develop
  4. 4 to grow
  5. 5 to expand

Idioms (16)

付诸实施
fù zhū shí shī
  1. 1 to put into practice
  2. 2 to carry out (idiom)
倒行逆施
dào xíng nì shī
  1. 1 to go against the tide (idiom); to do things all wrong
  2. 2 to try to turn back history
  3. 3 a perverse way of doing things
因材施教
yīn cái shī jiào
  1. 1 (idiom) to teach in line with the student's ability
展翅高飞
zhǎn chì gāo fēi
  1. 1 to spread one's wings and soar (idiom)
  2. 2 to develop one's abilities freely
己所不欲，勿施于人
jǐ suǒ bù yù , wù shī yú rén
  1. 1 What you don't want done to you, don't do to others. (idiom, from the Confucian analects)
  2. 2 Do as you would be done by.
  3. 3 Do not do to others what you would not have them do to you.

Sample Sentences

可惜呀，到42岁才有人把他引荐给皇帝。李白以为施展自己才能的机会到了，结果却是去给皇上和贵妃写诗作乐的。把他郁闷死了，一年多就不干了。
kěxī ya ，dào sìshíèr suì cái yǒu rén bǎ tā yǐnjiàn gěi huángdì 。Lǐ Bái yǐwéi shīzhǎn zìjǐ cáinéng de jīhuì dào le ，jiéguǒ què shì qù gěi huángshàng hé guìfēi xiěshī zuòlè de 。bǎ tā yùmèn sǐ le ，yīnián duō jiù bù gàn le 。
Unfortunately, it wasn't until he was 42 years old that someone gave him an introduction to the emperor. Li Bai thought that his opportunity to make use of his talents had come, but instead he was brought to write poems for the emperor and his concubine. It made him really depressed, and after a little more than a year, he quit.
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