方興未艾

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

CEDICT

正在蓬勃發展。宋．陳亮〈祭周賢董文〉：「連歲有江上之役，欲為公壽而不果奔也，謂公之壽方興未艾，而此心終未泯也。」也作「未艾方興」。

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Homographs

方興未艾 fāngxīngwèi'ài

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 未艾 wèiài (literary) not having come to its term

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
方興未已 fāngxīngwèiyǐ
  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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