Definitions
(verb)
to spread out; to open up; to display
(verb,noun)
to exhibit; exhibition
(verb)
to develop; to unfold
Etymology
Phonosemantic compound. 尸 represents the meaning and 𧝑 represents the sound. Based on the original meaning "roll over". The meaning later shifted to "unfold", "spread out", and "develop".
About
The character "展" has a history of conveying the core idea of opening and extending from its earliest uses, derived from its structural composition which originally combined the element "尸", often representing a person in a crouched or static posture, with "㠭", an archaic character itself denoting the action of spreading something out. This foundational sense of unfurling or unrolling, as one might open a scroll or stretch out a cloth, provided the basis for its primary meanings of to spread, to unfold, and by clear extension, to exhibit or display. Over time, its semantic field broadened logically from this concrete physical action to more abstract applications, such as extending time through postponement, or the conceptual unfolding of one's ambitions or plans, while consistently retaining its essential connection to the act of making something open and visible.
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这个展览很精彩。
他展示了新作品。
经济发展很快。
展开地图看看。
这幅画展现了美丽风景。
通过展览，我们了解了历史。
展望未来，我们充满信心。
拓展市场需要策略。