WordTaiwan frequency #25,737
揚長而去
ㄧㄤˊ ㄔㄤˊ ㄦˊ ㄑㄩˋ
“to turn and walk away haughtily; to leave in a grand, unconcerned manner”
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揚
ㄧㄤˊ
To raise or hoist; to flutter or scatter in the wind; to propagate or spread; to praise or extol; to winnow grain; abbr. for Yangzhou.
長
ㄓㄤˇ
long; length; elder; chief; leader; to grow; to develop; to increase; to enhance; to be good at; surplus; spare
而
ㄦˊ
A conjunction connecting clauses or phrases; indicates addition, contrast, or a causal relationship; also used to indicate a change of state.
去
ㄑㄩˋ
To go to a place; to leave; to depart; to die (euphemism); to send or remove; to be apart from; used before a verb to indicate going to do something.
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Words sharing these characters
Vocabulary built from the same characters — most common first
- 而且ㄦˊ ㄑㄧㄝˇmoreover; furthermore; in addition; also; used to add another point or strengthen a previous statement
- 去年ㄑㄩˋ ㄋㄧㄢˊthe year before this one; the previous calendar year
- 過去ㄍㄨㄛˋ ㄑㄩˋin the past; former; previous; to go over; to pass by; (verb suffix indicating completion or direction)
- 市長ㄕˋ ㄓㄤˇmayor; the elected or appointed head of a city's municipal government.
- 成長ㄔㄥˊ ㄓㄤˇto grow; to mature; growth (physical, mental, or economic)
- 而是ㄦˊ ㄕˋrather; instead; used to contrast or correct, introducing the true or preferred alternative
- 然而ㄖㄢˊ ㄦˊhowever; but; yet; used to introduce a contrasting or unexpected idea.
- 長期ㄔㄤˊ ㄑㄧˊlong-term; for a protracted period; over an extended time
- 反而ㄈㄢˇ ㄦˊon the contrary; used to introduce an unexpected or opposite result; instead.
- 校長ㄒㄧㄠˋ ㄓㄤˇhead of a school; principal; president of a university or college; (archaic) military unit leader; (Han dynasty) tomb-guard official
- 家長ㄐㄧㄚ ㄓㄤˇparent or guardian of a child; family head; patriarch; (archaic) husband; (archaic) master (addressed by servants); (archaic) boat owner
- 失去ㄕ ㄑㄩˋto lose; to be deprived of; to no longer have.