方興未已

方兴未已
fāngxīngwèiyǐ
  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 興 xīng
  1. to rise
  2. to flourish
  3. to become popular
  4. to start
  5. to encourage
  6. to get up
  7. (often used in the negative) to permit or allow (dialect)
  8. maybe (dialect)
3 未 wèi
  1. not yet
  2. did not
  3. have not
  4. not
  5. 8th earthly branch: 1-3 p.m., 6th solar month (7th July-6th August), year of the Sheep
  6. ancient Chinese compass point: 210°
4 已 yǐ
  1. already
  2. to stop
  3. then
  4. afterwards

Related entries

方滋未艾 fāngzīwèiài
  1. flourishing and still in the ascendant (idiom); rapidly expanding
  2. still growing strong
  3. on the up
方興未艾 fāngxīngwèiài
  1. flourishing and still in the ascendant (idiom); rapidly expanding
  2. still growing strong
  3. on the up
上風 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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