wave flags and shout; cheer for someone
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Meanings
2 senses · 5 examplesverb
to wave flags and shout (in ancient warfare)
Originally described a military tactic where rear troops waved flags and shouted to cheer the frontline fighters.
Gǔ古
dài代
zhàn战
chǎng场
shàng上
，
shì士
bīng兵
men们
yáo摇
qí旗
nà呐
hǎn喊
，
wèi为
chōng冲
fēng锋
de的
zhàn战
yǒu友
zhù助
wēi威
。
On ancient battlefields, soldiers would wave flags and shout to cheer for their charging comrades.
Zhǐ只
jiàn见
hòu后
fāng方
zhèn阵
yíng营
yáo摇
qí旗
nà呐
hǎn喊
，
shēng声
zhèn震
sì四
fāng方
。
The rear camp could be seen waving flags and shouting, their voices shaking the four directions.
verb
to cheer for someone; to boost someone's momentum
Metaphorical usage implying support or instigation for others, sometimes with a slight negative connotation of acting as a follower or hanger-on.
Bù不
yào要
wèi为
le了
sī私
lì利
ér而
tì替
bù不
liáng良
shāng商
jiā家
yáo摇
qí旗
nà呐
hǎn喊
。
Don't wave flags and shout for unscrupulous merchants just for personal gain.
Tā他
zài在
shè社
jiāo交
méi媒
tǐ体
shàng上
wèi为
zhè这
xiàng项
xīn新
zhèng政
cè策
yáo摇
qí旗
nà呐
hǎn喊
。
He was cheering for this new policy on social media.
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Nà那
xiē些
suǒ所
wèi谓
de的
zhuān专
jiā家
bù不
guò过
shì是
zài在
wèi为
wěi伪
kē科
xué学
yáo摇
qí旗
nà呐
hǎn喊
。
Those so-called experts are nothing more than cheerleaders for pseudoscience.