Usage of the character 揚

Mikoyan (name)
Anastas Ivanonovich Mikoyan (1895-1978), Soviet politician, politburo member in the 1950s and 1960s
Artem Ivanovich Mikoyan (1905-1970), brother of the politician and one designer of MiG military aircraft

yìyánggé

抑扬格

[抑揚格]

iambic

fènwǔyángwēi

奋武扬威

[奮武揚威]

a show of strength

fēndàoyángbiāo

分道扬镳

[分道揚鑣]

lit. to take different roads and urge the horses on (idiom)
fig. to part ways

fèifèiyángyáng

沸沸扬扬

[沸沸揚揚]

bubbling and gurgling
hubbubing
abuzz

zhìgāoqìyáng

志高气扬

[志高氣揚]

high-spirited and smug

chéng'èyángshàn

惩恶扬善

[懲惡揚善]

to uphold virtue and condemn evil (idiom)

fāyángchuōlì

发扬踔厉

[發揚踔厲]

to be full of vigor (idiom)

zhǐgāoqìyáng

趾高气扬

[趾高氣揚]

high and mighty (idiom); arrogant

yángqīngjīzhuó

扬清激浊

[揚清激濁]

lit. drain away filth and bring in fresh water (idiom); fig. dispel evil and usher in good
eliminate vice and exalt virtue

jīzhuóyángqīng

激浊扬清

[激濁揚清]

lit. drain away filth and bring in fresh water (idiom); fig. dispel evil and usher in good
eliminate vice and exalt virtue

shàngyángqūshì

上扬趋势

[上揚趨勢]

upward trend; tendency to increase

dùncuòyìyáng

顿挫抑扬

[頓挫抑揚]

cadence
modulation

fēiyángbáhù

飞扬跋扈

[飛揚跋扈]

bossy and domineering
throwing one's weight about

yángfān-zhāohún

扬幡招魂

[揚幡招魂]

lit. to raise a banner to summon the soul of a dying person (idiom)
fig. to try to revive what is obsolete or dead

fāyángdǎolì

发扬蹈厉

[發揚蹈厲]

see 發揚踔厲／发扬踔厉 (fāyángchuōlì)

yángmíngsìhǎi

扬名四海

[揚名四海]

known throughout the country (idiom); world-famous

yángchángbìduǎn

扬长避短

[揚長避短]

to foster strengths and avoid weaknesses (idiom)
to play to one's strengths

míngyángsìhǎi

名扬四海

[名揚四海]

to become known far and wide (idiom)
famous

yángcháng'érqù

扬长而去

[揚長而去]

to swagger off
to walk off (or drive off etc) without a second thought for those left behind

qímàobùyáng

其貌不扬

[其貌不揚]

(idiom) nothing special to look at
unprepossessing

yìyángdùncuò

抑扬顿挫

[抑揚頓挫]

see 頓挫抑揚／顿挫抑扬 (dùncuòyìyáng)

Yángkēwéiqí

扬科维奇

[揚科維奇]

Jankovic
Yankovic
Yankovich
Jelena Jankovic (1985-), Serbian tennis player

shéncǎifēiyáng

神采飞扬

[神采飛揚]

in high spirits (idiom); glowing with health and vigor

dòuzhì'ángyáng

斗志昂扬

[鬥志昂揚]

having high fighting spirit

kuàhè Yángzhōu

跨鹤扬州

[跨鶴揚州]

lit. to ride a crane to Yangzhou
to become a Daoist immortal
to die

déyìyángyáng

得意扬扬

[得意揚揚]

variant of 得意洋洋 (déyìyángyáng)

yàowǔyángwēi

耀武扬威

[耀武揚威]

to show off one's military strength (idiom); to strut around
to bluff
to bluster

fāyángguāngdà

发扬光大

[發揚光大]

to develop and promote
to carry forward
to bring to great height of development

chòumíngyuǎnyáng

臭名远扬

[臭名遠揚]

stinking reputation
notorious far and wide

zúgāoqìyáng

足高气扬

[足高氣揚]

high and mighty (idiom); arrogant

yǐn'èyángshàn

隐恶扬善

[隱惡揚善]

(idiom) to highlight sb's good points but omit to mention their faults

yángfānyuǎnháng

扬帆远航

[揚帆遠航]

to set sail on a voyage to a distant place
(fig.) to undertake a great mission

fēnfēnyángyáng

纷纷扬扬

[紛紛揚揚]

fluttering about (of leaves etc)

bùshìzhāngyáng

不事张扬

[不事張揚]

quietly
without ostentation

qíhèshàng Yángzhōu

骑鹤上扬州

[騎鶴上揚州]

lit. to ride a crane to Yangzhou (idiom); to get an official position

jiāchǒubùkěwàiyáng

家丑不可外扬

[家醜不可外揚]

lit. family shames must not be spread abroad (idiom)
fig. don't wash your dirty linen in public

Yéláinuó· Yángkēwéiqí

耶莱娜·扬科维奇

[耶萊娜·揚科維奇]

Jelena Jankovic (1985-), Serbian tennis player

Sīwǎ'ěrbāhé Yángmǎyán

斯瓦尔巴和扬马延

[斯瓦爾巴和揚馬延]

Svalbard and Jan Mayen

guàirén Aò'ěr· Yángkēwéiqí

怪人奥尔·扬科维奇

[怪人奧爾·揚科維奇]

"Weird Al" Yankovic (1959-), US singer and writer of parody songs