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表扬

biǎo yáng

HSK 4 2-character word Traditional 表揚

What 表扬 means

1. to praise
2. to commend

The characters in 表扬

• 表biǎoexterior surface; family relationship via females; to show (one's opinion)
• 扬yángto raise; to hoist; the action of tossing or winnowing

Example sentences

• 即使在受到表扬的时候，谦虚也是很重要的。
  Jíshǐ zài shòudào biǎoyáng de shíhou, qiānxū yě shì hěn zhòngyào de.
  Even when one is being praised, modesty is important.
• 小说家说谎并不是不道德的事。其实，谎话说得愈离谱、愈有技巧，就愈会受到公众和批评家的表扬。
  Xiǎoshuōjiā shuōhuǎng bìngbù shì bù dàodé de shì. qíshí, huǎnghuà shuō de yù lípǔ, yù yǒu jìqiǎo, jiù yù huì shòudào gōngzhòng hé pīpíngjiā de biǎoyáng.
  It's not immoral for a novelist to tell lies. In fact, the bigger the lies, the better lies, and the more the common folks and critics will praise you.