推而广之

Traditional: 推而廣之

tuī ér guǎng zhī

Dictionary entry

to apply sth more broadly

What does 推而广之 mean?

推而广之 (tuī ér guǎng zhī) has the following dictionary meaning.

1to apply sth more broadly

2by logical extension

3and, by extension,

Character breakdown

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推tuīto push · to cut 而érand · as well as 广yǎn"house on a cliff" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 53), occurring in 店, 序, 底 etc 之zhī(possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的[de5]) · him

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推而广之

tuī ér guǎng zhī

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