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推而廣之

简推而广之 · 繁推而廣之

Mandarin · pinyin tuī ér guǎng zhī

to apply sth more broadly
by logical extension
and, by extension,

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推: tuī · push, expel; push forward
而: ér · and; and then; and yet; but; Kangxi radical 126
廣: Look up this written character
之: zhī · marks preceding phrase as modifier of following phrase; it, him her, them; go to
广: guǎng · wide, extensive, broad; rad. 53

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1–2–3–1 · tui1 er2 guang3 zhi1

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phrase

(idiomatic) to promote
(idiomatic) to generalize

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