☊5 
to promote (an idea or cause)/ to advance/ boost ☊5 to induce/ to promote/ to urge/ to impel/ to bring about/ to provoke/ to drive (sb to do sth)/ to catalyze/ to actuate/ to contribute to (some development) ☊5 to raise/ to hoist/ to promote/ metric liter (also written 公升)/ measure for dry grain equal to one-tenth dou 斗 ☊5 to promote/ to advocate ☊6 to promote to a higher position ☊6 to promote to a higher job/ to select for promotion 
fördern,vorantreiben 