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揄扬

yú yáng

2-character word Traditional 揄揚

What 揄扬 means

1. to praise
2. to extol
3. to publicize
4. to advocate

The characters in 揄扬

• 揄yúto draw out; to let hanging
• 扬yángto raise; to hoist; the action of tossing or winnowing

Sounds the same

Read yú yáng, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 渔阳old place name (in Yan of Warring states, in modern Beijing city)
• 榆阳see 榆阳区

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