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不事张扬

bù shì zhāng yángdictionary entry
DEFINITION CC-CEDICT
quietly / without ostentation
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Reference definitions: CC-CEDICT contributors and MDBG, CC BY-SA 4.0. Source release 2026-10-27T01:55:52Z. Imported 2026-10-27. Definition wording and meaning order are retained. Recognized pronunciation references are displayed with tone marks; the original source record is available below.

Source record: cd-1bd6e6b4296a8295. Source SHA-256: bbc4b27f26bee1a262f4d7939667a040c7857c7fc0200a2fa7a86d3352a09eae.

Original source entry:

不事張揚 不事张扬 [bu4 shi4 zhang1 yang2] /quietly/without ostentation/

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Other forms in these source records: 不事張揚

  • 不
    bù

    no / not so / (bound form) not / un-

  • 事
    shì

    matter / thing / item / work / affair / CL:件[jiàn],樁|桩[zhuāng],回[huí]

  • 张
    zhāng

    to open up / to spread / sheet of paper / classifier for flat objects, sheet / classifier for votes

    Zhāng

    surname Zhang

  • 扬
    yáng

    to raise / to hoist / the action of tossing or winnowing / scattering (in the wind) / to flutter / to propagate

    Yáng

    abbr. for Yangzhou 揚州|扬州[Yáng zhōu] in Jiangsu / surname Yang

Reference definitions from CC-CEDICT.