铺陈
pū chén
Pinyin

Definition

铺陈
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pū chén
  1. to arrange
  2. to spread out
  3. to narrate in detail
  4. to describe at great length
  5. to elaborate

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

店铺
diàn pù
  1. 1 store
  2. 2 shop
新陈代谢
xīn chén dài xiè
  1. 1 metabolism (biology)
  2. 2 the new replaces the old (idiom)
卧铺
wò pù
  1. 1 a bed (on a train)
  2. 2 a couchette
铺
pū
  1. 1 to spread
  2. 2 to display
  3. 3 to set up
  4. 4 (old) holder for door-knocker
陈
Chén
  1. 1 surname Chen
  2. 2 Chen (c. 1045 - 479 BC), a Zhou dynasty state
  3. 3 Chen (557-589), one of the Southern Dynasties 南朝[Nán Cháo]
陈奕迅
Chén Yì xùn
  1. 1 Eason Chan (1974-), Hong Kong pop singer and actor
床铺
chuáng pù
  1. 1 bed
推陈出新
tuī chén chū xīn
  1. 1 to push out the old and bring in the new (idiom); to innovate
铺位
pù wèi
  1. 1 bunk
  2. 2 berth
铺垫
pū diàn
  1. 1 to spread out bedding
  2. 2 bedcover
铺天盖地
pū tiān gài dì
  1. 1 lit. hiding the sky and covering the earth (idiom); fig. earth-shattering
  2. 2 omnipresent
  3. 3 of universal importance
铺子
pù zi
  1. 1 store
  2. 2 shop
铺平
pū píng
  1. 1 to spread out (material)
  2. 2 to pave (the way, a road etc)
铺床
pū chuáng
  1. 1 to make a bed
  2. 2 to lay bedding
铺张浪费
pū zhāng làng fèi
  1. 1 extravagance and waste (idiom)
铺盖
pū gài
  1. 1 to spread evenly over
铺设
pū shè
  1. 1 to lay (railroad tracks, carpet, pipeline)
  2. 2 to install (wiring, cable)
  3. 3 to construct (road, concrete slab)
铺路
pū lù
  1. 1 to pave (with paving stones)
  2. 2 to lay a road
  3. 3 (fig.) to lay the groundwork (for sth)
  4. 4 to give a present to sb to ensure success
铺面
pū miàn
  1. 1 paving
  2. 2 pavement
陈冠希
Chén Guān xī
  1. 1 Edison Chen (1980-), Hong Kong singer and actor

Idioms (11)

乏善可陈
fá shàn kě chén
  1. 1 to be nothing to write home about (idiom)
五味杂陈
wǔ wèi zá chén
  1. 1 with complex feelings (idiom)
推陈布新
tuī chén bù xīn
  1. 1 to push out the old and bring in the new (idiom); to innovate
  2. 2 to go beyond old ideas
  3. 3 advancing all the time
推陈出新
tuī chén chū xīn
  1. 1 to push out the old and bring in the new (idiom); to innovate
新陈代谢
xīn chén dài xiè
  1. 1 metabolism (biology)
  2. 2 the new replaces the old (idiom)
明修栈道，暗渡陈仓
míng xiū zhàn dào , àn dù Chén cāng
  1. 1 lit. repair the plank road by day while secretly crossing the Wei River 渭河[Wèi Hé] at Chencang (idiom, refers to a stratagem used by Liu Bang 劉邦|刘邦[Liú Bāng] in 206 BC against Xiang Yu 項羽|项羽[Xiàng Yǔ] of Chu)
  2. 2 fig. to feign one thing while doing another
  3. 3 to cheat under cover of a diversion
暗渡陈仓
àn dù Chén cāng
  1. 1 lit. secretly crossing the Wei River 渭河[Wèi Hé] at Chencang (idiom, refers to a stratagem used by Liu Bang 劉邦|刘邦[Liú Bāng] in 206 BC against Xiang Yu 項羽|项羽[Xiàng Yǔ] of Chu)
  2. 2 fig. to feign one thing while doing another
  3. 3 to cheat under cover of a diversion
沥陈鄙见
lì chén bǐ jiàn
  1. 1 to state one's humble opinion (idiom)
铺天盖地
pū tiān gài dì
  1. 1 lit. hiding the sky and covering the earth (idiom); fig. earth-shattering
  2. 2 omnipresent
  3. 3 of universal importance
铺张浪费
pū zhāng làng fèi
  1. 1 extravagance and waste (idiom)
陈谷子烂芝麻
chén gǔ zi làn zhī ma
  1. 1 lit. stale grain, overcooked sesame (idiom); fig. the same boring old gossip

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