Characters
- 发 (發): to send out; to show (one's feeling); to issue; to develop; to make a bundle of money; classifier for gunshots (rounds)
- 扬 (揚): abbr. for 揚州|扬州[Yang2 zhou1]; surname Yang
- 光 (光): light; ray (CL:道[dao4]); bright; shiny; only; merely; used up; finished; to leave (a part of the body) uncovered
- 大 (大): big; large; great; older (than another person); eldest (as in 大姐[da4 jie3]); greatly; freely; fully; (dialect) father; (dialect) uncle (father's brother)
Resources
- Wiktionary: 发扬光大
- MDBG: 发扬光大
- Examples with 发扬光大 on Tatoeba
Examples
当今，海派文化正在注入新的活力发扬光大，上海人都充满信心。