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发挥

fā huī

Old HSK 5 HSK 3.0 level 5 2-character word Traditional 發揮

发挥 (fā huī) means "to display, bring into play". It is an HSK 3.0 level 5 word, and was HSK 5 in the old six-level list.

What 发挥 means

1. to display
2. to exhibit
3. to bring out implicit or innate qualities
4. to express (a thought or moral)
5. to develop (an idea)
6. to elaborate (on a theme)

The characters in 发挥

• 发fāto send out; to show (one's feeling); to issue
• 挥huīto wave; to brandish; to command

Example sentences

• 发挥您的想象力。
  Use your imagination.
• 这本书会让你发挥想像力。
  Zhè běn shūhuì ràng nǐ fāhuī xiǎngxiànglì.
  This book will awaken your imagination.
• 汤姆最近在工作中发挥不太好。
  Tāngmǔ zuì jìn zài gōngzuò zhōng fāhuī bùtàihǎo.
  Tom has not been doing very well at work recently.
• 他们的台词大部分都是即兴发挥的。
  They improvised most of their lines.
• 因为你们公司的业务能够发挥我的特长。
  Yīnwèi nǐmen gōngsī de yèwù nénggòu fāhuī wǒ de tècháng.
  Because your business can play to my strengths.
• 为了保持竞争力，我们得发挥我们的优势。
  To remain competitive, we've got to play to our strengths.

Words containing 发挥

• 借题发挥jiè tí fā huīto use the current topic to put over one's own ideas…
• 即兴发挥jí xìng fā huīimprovisation
• 超常发挥chāo cháng fā huīto outdo oneself; to perform exceptionally well

Where 发挥 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of Ability, Achievement & Excellence (HSK 5), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

Go deeper

• Every HSK 5 word, with the rest of its level.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read fā huī correctly.
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