放眼世界

fàngyǎn-shìjiè

idiom #67,673

Meanings

我们要立足本土，放眼世界。

Wǒmen yào lìzú běntǔ, fàngyǎnshìjiè.

We should stand rooted at home while keeping our eyes on the world.

放眼世界，这样的创新并不少见。

Fàngyǎnshìjiè, zhèyàng de chuàngxīn bìngbù shǎojiàn.

Looking at the world at large, innovation of this kind is not rare.

usage

Often appears as the opening of a statement ('放眼世界, ...') or paired with 立足 ('ground oneself in X') to contrast local focus with global perspective.

放 fàng

眼 yǎn

世 shì

界 jiè