铺展

鋪展
pūzhǎn
verb #80,167

Meanings

  1. 1 to spread out
  2. 2 to unfold
  3. 3 to lay out

Examples

Yī fú měilì de huàjuàn zài yǎnqián pūzhǎn kāi lái.
A beautiful scroll unfolds before our eyes.
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, 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

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