大张旗鼓 (dà zhāng qí gǔ) — to make a big show of something; to do with great fanfare; on a grand scale; with much publicity

A drawing of the thing itself, worn down over three thousand years into a few strokes.

The form 大 is a picture of a person standing and facing forward, not of someone stretching their arms.

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 張; 张 is its simplified writing.

The traditional form 張 combines 弓, a bow, with 長, which points to the sound; the simplified 张 is a shorthand and its parts are not the historical components.

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

旗 pairs 㫃, a flag, with 其, which gives the pronunciation qí.

Two or more meaningful parts placed together so that their meanings combine into a new one.

鼓 combines 壴, a drum, with 支, a hand holding a drumstick, so the character pictures a drum being struck.