揚

abbr. for 揚州|扬州[Yang2 zhou1] / surname Yang

to raise / to hoist / the action of tossing or winnowing / scattering (in the wind) / to flutter / to propagate

"hand" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 64), occurring in 提, 把, 打 etc

to open out, to expand / bright, glorious

old variant of 陽[yang2]

to proclaim / to make public or well known

to publicize; to advertise; to spread far and wide

to display ostentatiously / to bring out into the open / to make public / to spread around / flamboyant / brash

Zhang Yang (1967-), PRC film director and screenwriter

lit. to take different roads and urge the horses on (idiom) / fig. to part ways

to rise (i.e. number increases) / a price rise / to raise

melodious / mellifluous

to spread (by word of mouth)

to enhance / to promote / to enrich

(idiom) nothing special to look at / unprepossessing

to become known far and wide (idiom) / famous

variant of 得意洋洋[de2 yi4 yang2 yang2]

high-spirited and smug

"Weird Al" Yankovic (1959-), US singer and writer of parody songs

to uphold virtue and condemn evil (idiom)

upward trend / rising tendency

a show of strength

variant of 弘揚|弘扬[hong2 yang2]

lit. family shames must not be spread abroad (idiom) / fig. don't wash your dirty linen in public

quietly / without ostentation