guǎng kāi yán lùdictionary entry
DEFINITION CC-CEDICT
to encourage the free airing of views (idiom)
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Original source entry:

廣開言路 广开言路 [guang3 kai1 yan2 lu4] /to encourage the free airing of views (idiom)/

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Other forms in these source records: 廣開言路

  • 广
    yǎn

    "house on a cliff" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 53), occurring in 店, 序, 底 etc

    guǎng

    wide / numerous / to spread

    Guǎng

    surname Guang

  • 开
    kāi

    to open (transitive or intransitive) / (of ships, vehicles, troops etc) to start / to turn on / to put in operation / to operate / to run / to boil / to write out (a prescription, check, invoice etc) / (directional complement) away / off / carat (gold) / abbr. for Kelvin, 開爾文|开尔文[Kāi ěr wén] / abbr. for 開本|开本[kāi běn], book format

  • 言
    yán

    words / speech / to say / to talk

  • 路
    lù

    road (CL:條|条[tiáo]) / journey / route / line (bus etc) / sort / kind

    Lù

    surname Lu

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