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Collins Chinese-English Dictionary

提倡 [tíchàng]
  1. 1. noun promote

Comprehensive Chinese-English Dictionary

提倡 [tíchàng]
  1. 1. advocate; promote; encourage; recommend
    提倡晚婚和计划生育
    advocate late marriage and family planning
    提倡说普通话
    promote the use of putonghua
    这种做法值得提倡
    This method deserves recommendation.

Contemporary Standard Chinese Dictionary

提倡 [tíchàng]
  1. 1. 宣传事物的优点、好处,鼓励大家实行或使用
    提倡晚婚晚育|
    提倡写规范字。

Examples

提倡厚养薄葬
advocate good care of one's parents (while they are alive) and simple burials for them (when they are dead)
提倡储蓄
encourage saving
提倡节俭
encourage frugality
反对浪费,提倡节约
combat waste and encourage economy
我们提倡“群言堂”,反对“一言堂”。
We advocate "letting everyone have his say" and oppose the practice of "what I say goes".
提倡说普通话
promote the use of putonghua
提倡晚婚
encourage late marriage
现在提倡使用安全套,预防艾滋病。
Condoms are recommended as a way to prevent AIDS.

Collocations

大力提倡
to advocate something strongly
值得提倡
to deserve to be advocated
提倡好人好事
to advocate good people and exemplary deeds

Word Decomposition


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