发扬光大

發揚光大

fāyáng-guāngdà

idiom HSK 7-9 #31,206

Meanings

HSK 5

我们要发扬光大传统文化。

Wǒmen yào fāyáng-guāngdà chuántǒng wénhuà.

We should carry forward and promote traditional culture.

HSK 7-9

他希望把家族的事业发扬光大。

Tā xīwàng bǎ jiāzú de shìyè fāyáng-guāngdà.

He hopes to expand and glorify the family business.

memory

发扬 (to develop/promote) + 光大 (to glorify/magnify) = to take something good and make it shine even brighter. Think of it as amplifying a legacy.

发 fā

扬 yáng

光 guāng

大 dà