欲揚先抑

Chinese

		desire; longing; appetite desire; longing; appetite; wish	hurl; to raise; to scatter	early; prior; former early; prior; former; in advance; first	to restrain; to restrict; to keep down to restrain; to restrict; to keep down; or
trad. (欲揚先抑)		欲	揚	先	抑
simp. (欲扬先抑)		欲	扬	先	抑

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yùyángxiānyì

  (Zhuyin): ㄩˋ ㄧㄤˊ ㄒㄧㄢ ㄧˋ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yùyángxiānyì
    • Zhuyin: ㄩˋ ㄧㄤˊ ㄒㄧㄢ ㄧˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yùyángsianyì
    • Wade–Giles: yü⁴-yang²-hsien¹-i⁴
    • Yale: yù-yáng-syān-yì
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yuhyangshianyih
    • Palladius: юйянсяньи (jujjansjanʹi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /y⁵¹ jɑŋ³⁵ ɕi̯ɛn⁵⁵ i⁵¹/

Idiom

欲揚先抑

1. (literary) to denigrate so as to exalt; break down to build up; character building

Related terms

• 欲擒故縱／欲擒故纵 (yùqíngùzòng)