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推波助瀾

tuī bō zhù lán

C1–C2 Level 7

推波助瀾 (tuī bō zhù lán) is a Chinese word meaning “to push the wave and add to the billows (idiom); to add momentum”. It sits at TOCFL Level 7 (CEFR C1–C2) on Taiwan's official TBCL vocabulary standard.

Definition

  1. to push the wave and add to the billows (idiom); to add momentum
  2. to encourage sth to get bigger
  3. to add fuel to the fire

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Vocabulary & levels: TBCL / NAER. Parts of speech: TOCFL 8000-word list (SC-TOP). Definitions: CC-CEDICT & CFDICT (CC BY-SA). Stroke data: Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License).