铺展

鋪展

pūzhǎn

verb #80,167

Meanings

1 to spread out
2 to unfold
3 to lay out

Characters

to spread; to lay

to unfold; to extend

Examples

HSK 5

一幅美丽的画卷在眼前铺展开来。

Yī fú měilì de huàjuàn zài yǎnqián pūzhǎn kāilái.

A beautiful scroll unfolds before our eyes.

HSK 7-9

改革的蓝图正在全国铺展。

Gǎigé de lántú zhèngzài quánguó pūzhǎn.

The blueprint for reform is being rolled out nationwide.

Tips

register

Slightly literary/news flavor. Often takes 画卷, 蓝图, 图景 as objects, framing something abstract as a 'scroll/map being unrolled'. The intransitive 铺展开来 'spreads out' is a common closing-image in feature writing.

Stroke Order

铺 pū

展 zhǎn