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展 zhǎn


: to spread out; to unfold; to open up; to extend
: to exhibit
: to put into effect
: to postpone; to prolong
: exhibition

Kun Reading

展べる | のべる noberu

ichidan verb | transitive verb
: to lay out (a futon); to make (bed); to spread out; to stretch; to widen

On Reading

展 | てん ten

suffix
: exhibition; exhibit

 Usage:

展覽[览] zhan3lan3: to put on display; to exhibit; exhibition; show
[展覧 | てんらん tenran: exhibition; show]

展覽會 [展览会] zhan3lan3 hui4: exhibition; show
[展覧会 | てんらんかい tenrankai: exhibition]

展開[开] zhan3kai2: to unfold; to carry out; to be in full swing; to launch
[展開 | てんかい tenkai: development; evolution; unfolding
: expansion; deployment; building up]
展出 zhan3chu1: to put on display; to be on show; to exhibit
展示 zhan3shi4: to reveal; to display; to show; to exhibit something
[てんじ tenji: exhibition; display]
發[发]展 fa1zhan3: development; growth; to develop; to grow; to expand
[発展 | はってん hatten: development; growth; advancement; unfurling
: expansion; extension; enlargement
: playing around; having an active sex life]

発展場 | はってんば hattenba: (gay) cruising spot; (gay) pick-up joint (e.g. bar)
発展家 | はってんか hattenka: playboy; playgirl; fast liver; person with an active sex life

畫[画]展 hua4zhan3: art exhibition

絵画展 | かいがてん kaigaten: art exhibition; art show

開[开]展 kai1zhan3: to launch; to develop; to unfold; (of an exhibition etc) to open
舒展 shu1zhan3: to roll out; to extend; to smooth out; to unfold
進[进]展 jin4zhan3: to make headway; to make progress
[進展 | しんてん shinten: progress; development]
擴[扩]展 kuo4zhan3: to extend; to expand; extension; expansion



Japanese common word | expression | yojijukugo 四字熟語 | idiom
展望絶佳 | てんぼうぜっか tenbou zekka
: (yoji) scenic beauty; magnificent (spectacular) view

展転反側 | てんてんはんそく tenten hansoku
: (yoji) tossing and turning in bed; turning over in bed worrying over something

総帆展帆 | そうはんてんぱん souhan tenpan
: (yoji) in full sail; decked out in full sail

展覧会に出す | てんらんかいにだす tenrankai ni dasu
: to send to an exhibition



Chinese common word | expression | chengyu 成語 | idiom
展翅高飛 [展翅高飞] zhan3 chi4 gao1 fei1
: to spread one’s wings and soar; to develop one’s abilities freely

一展身手 yi1 zhan3 shen1 shou3
: to showcase one’s (unique) talents; to display one’s (individual) prowess

迎風招展 [迎风招展] ying2 feng1 zhao1 zhan3
: to flutter in the wind

花枝招展 hua1 zhi1 zhao1 zhan3
: lit. lovely scene of blossoming plants swaying in the breeze; fig. gorgeously dressed (woman)

鯤鵬展翅 [鲲鹏展翅] kun1 peng2 zhan3 chi4
: lit. the giant Peng bird spreads its wings and begins to fly; displaying awesome power and momentum at the outset; to have the world at one’s feet

 Etymology:
形声 Pictophonetic.
(shi1: corpse; recumbent body radical 44) while
㠭 (zhan3: to open) suggest the meaning while provides the sound.



 Examples:
我喜歡去畫展.
wo3 xi3huan1 qu4 hua4zhan3
I like going to art exhibits.

Resources: Chinese Dictionary | Japanese Dictionary