方滋未艾

fāngzīwèiài
  1. flourishing and still in the ascendant (idiom); rapidly expanding
  2. still growing strong
  3. on the up

CEDICT

Entry Composition

1 方 fāng
  1. square
  2. power or involution (math.)
  3. upright
  4. honest
  5. fair and square
  6. direction
  7. side
  8. party (to a contract, dispute etc)
  9. place
  10. method
  11. prescription (medicine)
  12. just when
  13. only or just
  14. classifier for square things
  15. abbr. for square or cubic meter
2 滋 zī
  1. to grow
  2. to nourish
  3. to increase
  4. to cause
  5. juice
  6. taste
  7. (dialect) to spout
  8. to spurt
3 未艾 wèiài (literary) not having come to its term

Related entries

方兴未已 fāngxīngwèiyǐ
  1. flourishing and still in the ascendant (idiom); rapidly expanding
  2. still growing strong
  3. on the up
方兴未艾 fāngxīngwèiài
  1. flourishing and still in the ascendant (idiom); rapidly expanding
  2. still growing strong
  3. on the up
上风 shàngfēng
  1. on the up
  2. currently winning
  3. rising (in popularity etc)
他觉得自己占了上风，但我反过来扭转了局面。

He thought he had the upper hand, but I turned the tables on him.

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