凤凰展翅

鳳凰展翅
fènghuáng zhǎnchì
phrase

Meanings

  1. 1 phoenix spreads its wings
  2. 2 (auspicious image) soaring / taking flight
  3. 3 (cuisine) banquet dish of whole chicken plated with wings fanned out

Examples

Běijīng Dà xīng Jīchǎng de zàoxíng bèi yùwéi fènghuáng zhǎnchì.
Beijing Daxing Airport's silhouette is celebrated as a phoenix spreading its wings.
Hūnyàn shàng duān chū yídào fènghuáng zhǎnchì, yùyì fūqī bǐyìqífēi.
At the wedding banquet they served a "phoenix spreading its wings," symbolizing the couple soaring together.

Tips

usage
Two coexisting uses. (1) Figurative — applied to buildings, planes, or careers that rise dramatically; a favorite of Chinese state-media metaphors (Daxing Airport is the standard example). (2) Culinary — a banquet presentation of a whole chicken or duck arranged with head up and wings outstretched, often in red-braise or crispy-fried form. Context makes the sense obvious.

Stroke Order

fèng
huáng
zhǎn
chì