引申

to extend (the meaning of a word, an analogy etc) / derivation

Characters and words in 引申

to draw (e.g. a bow) / to pull / to stretch sth / to extend / to lengthen / to involve or implicate in / to attract / to lead / to guide / to leave / to provide evidence or justification for / old unit of distance equal to 10 丈[zhang4], one-thirtieth of a km or 33.33 meters

= + : In the encampment, Maud Younger draws her composite bow. She wants to shoot a dinosaur bone straight across the hall.
old name for Shanghai 上海[Shang4 hai3] / surname Shen
to extend / to state / to explain / 9th earthly branch: 3-5 p.m., 7th solar month (7th August-7th September), year of the Monkey / ancient Chinese compass point: 240°

= + : Mnemonic symbol: a textbook.

Sherlock Holmes (sh) uses a microphone (曰) and a dinosaur bone (丨) as pointer to explain (申) the history of the encampment to the audience standing in front of it ((e)n1). He likes to present himself as an expert, but he's a faker: All his explanations come from his textbook (申).

Words with 引申

extended meaning (of an expression) / derived sense

Sentences with 引申

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