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拓展 (tuò zhǎn) — to expand, to broaden (scope, horizons, business, etc.)

Definition

拓展 focuses on broadening scope — markets, networks, horizons, skills. Compared with 扩大 (size/scale) and 扩展 (range/area), it implies actively opening up new territory, like 开拓.

verb
to expandto broaden (scope, horizons, business, etc.)

Examples

  • 拓展。
    Gōng sī zhèng zài jī jí tuò zhǎn xīn de yè wù lǐng yù.
    The company is actively expanding into new business areas.
  • 拓展。
    Zhè cì lǚ xíng tuò zhǎn le wǒ de yǎn jiè.
    This trip broadened my horizons.
  • 拓展。
    Tā men jì huà zài hǎi wài tuò zhǎn xiāo shòu wǎng luò.
    They plan to expand their sales network overseas.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
联合liánhéCoordinate

Two parts of equal weight, alike or opposite in meaning, standing side by side.

拓tuòexpand
展zhǎnspread

拓 and 展 both convey opening out, so the word means to broaden or extend.

Characters in this word

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

Meaning part形符xíngfú
扌Written in full as手shǒuhand
Sound part声符shēngfú
石
石shí拓tuò
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

拓 uses 扌, the hand radical, on the left, and 石 on the right as a sound part.

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

Meaning part形符xíngfú
尸尸shī
Sound part声符shēngfú
𧝑
𧝑𧝑展zhǎn
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

展 is built from 尸 and 𧝑. The 𧝑 part points to fine red silk clothes and also contains the idea of opening or extending.

Open 展 →
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