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扬长

yáng cháng

2-character word Traditional 揚長

What 扬长 means

1. with swagger
2. ostentatiously
3. to make the best use of one's strengths

The characters in 扬长

• 扬yángto raise; to hoist; the action of tossing or winnowing
• 长chánglong; (bound form) length; (bound form) strong point; forte

Words starting with 扬长

• 扬长而去yáng cháng ér qùto swagger off; to walk off (or drive off etc) without a second thought for those left…
• 扬长避短yáng cháng bì duǎnto foster strengths and avoid weaknesses (idiom); to play to one's strengths

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