抛出

拋出

pāochū

verb

Meanings

1 to toss out; throw out
2 to dump (stocks)
3 to put forward (a proposal, question)

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Examples

大股东突然抛出上亿股股票。

Dà gǔdōng tūrán pāochū shàngyì gǔ gǔpiào.

The major shareholder suddenly dumped over a hundred million shares.

他在会上抛出了一个大胆的方案。

Tā zài huìshàng pāochū le yíge dàdǎn de fāng'àn.

He put forward a bold proposal at the meeting.

Tips

usage

Three senses in one word: literal throwing, financial dumping (of stocks/bonds), and rhetorical 'floating' an idea or accusation. Context disambiguates — a subject of 股票 = dump shares, a subject of 问题/观点 = raise a question/viewpoint.

Stroke Order

抛 pāo

出 chū