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广 tuī guǎng to extend / to spread / to popularize / generalization / promotion (of a product etc)
 liú xíng (of a contagious disease etc) to spread / to propagate / (of a style of clothing, song etc) popular / fashionable
 chuán bō to disseminate / to propagate / to spread
 yán shēn to extend / to spread
 liú chuán to spread / to circulate / to hand down
 màn yán to extend / to spread
 kuò sàn to spread / to proliferate / to diffuse / spread / proliferation / diffusion
 zhāng to open up / to spread / sheet of paper / classifier for flat objects, sheet / classifier for votes
 bù cloth / to declare / to announce / to spread / to make known
 zhāng kāi to open up / to spread / to extend
 chuán kāi (of news) to spread / to get around
 sàn bō to spread / to disperse / to disseminate
 chuán yáng to spread (by word of mouth)
 bā kāi to pry open or apart / to spread (sth) open with both hands
 chuán to pass on / to spread / to transmit / to infect / to transfer / to circulate / to conduct (electricity)
 chuán bù to spread / to hand down / to disseminate
广 guǎng wide / numerous / to spread
 bō to sow / to scatter / to spread / to broadcast / Taiwan pr. [bo4]
 pū to spread / to display / to set up / (old) holder for door-knocker
 chí to run fast / to speed / to gallop / to disseminate / to spread
 fū to spread / to lay out / to apply (powder, ointment etc) / sufficient (to cover) / enough
 màn creeper / to spread
 zhà at first / suddenly / abruptly / to spread / (of hair) to stand on end / bristling
 táng to keep out / to hold off / to ward off / to evade / to spread / to coat / to smear / to daub
 màn to spread
 zhé old term for the right-falling stroke in Chinese characters (e.g. the last stroke of 大[da4]), now called 捺[na4] / sound made by birds (onom.) / (literary) to dismember (form of punishment) / to spread
 yáng to soar / to fly / to float / variant of 揚|扬[yang2], to scatter / to spread
 shū set forth / to spread
 bò to promulgate / to spread
 chī to spread (fame) / wield (pen)
 zhà to open / to spread
使 shǐ màn yán to spread
 chuán liú to spread / to hand down / to circulate
 zhǎn bù to spread / distribution
 pǔ jí to spread extensively / to generalize / widespread / popular / universal / ubiquitous / pervasive
 zhāng yáng to display ostentatiously / to bring out into the open / to make public / to spread around / flamboyant / brash
 fàn làn to be in flood / to overflow (the banks) / to inundate / to spread unchecked
 fáng kòng to prevent and control (e.g. the spread of a communicable disease)
 bō jí to spread to / to involve / to affect
 shī féi to spread manure / to apply fertilizer
 hán liú the spread of Korean cultural products (TV dramas, pop music etc) to other countries / Korean Wave
 liú yán rumor / gossip / to spread rumors
 chuán biàn to spread widely
 zhǎn chì to spread wings
 tān kāi to spread out / to unfold
 lián lěi to involve / to implicate sb / to spread to others (harm, trouble, damage etc)
 pū diàn to spread out bedding / bedcover
 xī shū sparse / infrequent / thinly spread
 Dà shèng Mahayana, the Great Vehicle / Buddhism based on the Mayahana sutras, as spread to Central Asia, China and beyond / also pr. [Da4 cheng2]
 jiā huà story or deed that captures the imagination and is spread far and wide
 shèng chuán widely spread / widely rumored / stories abound / (sb's exploits are) widely circulated
 bù yì ér fēi to disappear without trace / to vanish all of a sudden / to spread fast / to spread like wildfire
 pī kāi to cleave / to split open / to spread open (fingers, legs)
 diàn juàn to spread litter in a cowshed, pigsty etc
 pū píng to spread out (material) / to pave (the way, a road etc)
 fū shè to lay / to spread out
  yield spread
 xīng luó qí bù scattered about like stars in the sky or chess pieces on a board (idiom) / spread all over the place
 luó bù to display / to spread out / to distribute / old spelling of 盧布|卢布[lu2 bu4], ruble
 pū chén to arrange / to spread out / to narrate in detail / to describe at great length / to elaborate
 xiào zhú yán kāi smile spread across the face (idiom) / beaming with pleasure / all smiles / joy written across one's face
 bēn zǒu xiāng gào to spread the news (idiom)
 bù jìng ér zǒu to get round fast / to spread like wildfire
 pū gài to spread evenly over
 pū zhǎn to spread out
 yǐ é chuán é to spread falsehoods / to increasingly distort the truth / to pile errors on top of errors (idiom)
 píng tān to spread out / (fig.) to share equally
 fàng dú to poison / fig. to spread vicious rumors
 zhǎn to spread out / to open up / to exhibit / to put into effect / to postpone / to prolong / exhibition
 liú dú to spread poison / pernicious influence
 liú to flow / to disseminate / to circulate or spread / to move or drift / to degenerate / to banish or send into exile / stream of water or sth resembling one / class, rate or grade
 bā to long for / to wish / to cling to / to stick to / sth that sticks / close to / next to / spread open / informal abbr. for bus 巴士[ba1 shi4] / bar (unit of pressure) / nominalizing suffix on certain nouns, such as 尾巴[wei3 ba5], tail
 fēi duǎn liú cháng to spread malicious gossip / also written 飛短流長|飞短流长[fei1 duan3 liu2 chang2]
 fēi duǎn liú cháng to spread malicious gossip
 pī to drape over one's shoulders / to open / to unroll / to split open / to spread out
 tān to spread out / vendor's stand
 yǎn to spread out / to develop / to overflow / to amplify / superfluous
 shuāng frost / white powder or cream spread over a surface / frosting / (skin) cream
 bǎi to spread out / to open
 dà zhāng shēng shì to spread one's voice wide (idiom) / wide publicity
 zhǎn chì gāo fēi to spread one's wings and soar (idiom) / to develop one's abilities freely
 shān zhēn hǎi cuò rarities from the mountain and the sea (idiom) / fig. a sumptuous spread of food delicacies
 jiā chǒu bù kě wài yáng lit. family shames must not be spread abroad (idiom) / fig. don't wash your dirty linen in public
 gāng jǔ mù zhāng if you lift the headrope the meshes spread open (idiom) / take care of the big things and the little things will take care of themselves / (of a piece of writing) well-structured and ordered
 chuán sān guò sì to spread rumors / to gossip
 jī huó kuò sàn wǎng luò spread activation model
 màn yán quán guó to spread throughout the entire country
 xùn sù màn yán rapid spread / to spread rapidly
 tiào pín frequency-hopping spread spectrum
 Rì liú the spread of Japanese cultural products (anime, pop music etc) to other countries
 bù variant of 布[bu4] / to announce / to spread
 chuán míng to spread one's reputation
 huà kāi to spread out after being diluted or melted / to dissolve into a liquid
 míng chí xiá ěr To have one's fame spread far and wide. (idiom)
 fèn fēi to spread wings and fly
 hǎo shì bù chū mén , è shì chuán qiān lǐ lit. good deeds do not go beyond the door, evil deeds spread a thousand miles / a good deed goes unnoticed, but scandal spreads fast (idiom)
 jiā chǒu bù kě wài chuán lit. family shames must not be spread abroad (idiom) / fig. don't wash your dirty linen in public
 jiā chǒu bù kě wài chuán , liú yán qiē mò qīng xìn Don't spread abroad the shame of the family, don't believe rumors lightly (common expression) / Don't wash your dirty linen in public, don't listen to others' gossip.
 è shì chuán qiān lǐ evil deeds spread a thousand miles (idiom) / scandal spreads like wildfire
 chéng xiāo jià chā underwriting spread
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