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施展

shī zhǎn

HSK 6 2-character word

What 施展 means

1. to use fully
2. to put to use

The characters in 施展

• 施shī(bound form) to put into effect (regulations etc); to distribute (alms etc)…
• 展zhǎnto spread out; to open up; to exhibit

Example sentences

• 孩子啊，不要试图窥探命运，它会导致崇拜与依赖；也不要占星问卜，不要四处施展那驱邪的法术；更不要去了解那种事，这一切都会引起人们狂热的依赖。
  My child, be not an observer of omens, since it leadeth to idolatry, nor a user of spells, nor an astrologer, nor a travelling purifier, nor wish to see these things, for from all these things idolatry ariseth.