Chinese word dictionary

推波助澜

tuī bō zhù lán · to push the wave and add to the billows (idiom); to add momentum; to encourage sth to get bigger; to add fuel to the fire

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Word information

Simplified推波助澜

Traditional推波助瀾

Pinyintuī bō zhù lán

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Character breakdown

Study each Hanzi separately, then return to the complete word so pronunciation, meaning, and movement stay connected.

推tuī

to push; to expel; to drive; to decline

波bō

waves, ripples, breakers; undulations

助zhù

to help, to aid, to assist

澜lán

overflowing; ripples, waves

How to learn 推波助澜

Listen once without reading, repeat the pinyin with its tones, then write every character in sequence. Finally, recall the complete meaning instead of memorizing each character as an isolated translation.

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Words with the same characters

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帮助bāngzhù

assistance; aid; to help; to assist

推tuī

to push; to cut; to refuse; to reject; to decline; to shirk (responsibility); to put off; to delay; to push forward; to nominate; to elect; massage

推迟tuīchí

to postpone; to put off; to defer

推出tuīchū

to push out; to release; to launch; to publish; to recommend

推动tuīdòng

to push (e.g. for acceptance of a plan); to promote; to give impetus to

推广tuīguǎng

to extend; to spread; to popularize; generalization; promotion (of a product etc)