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  *白* | 白* | *白
white / snowy / pure / bright / empty / blank / plain / clear / to make clear / in vain / gratuitous / free of charge / reactionary / anti-communist / funeral / to stare coldly / to write wrong character / to state / to explain / vernacular / spoken lines in opera
HSK 1
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  *亮* | 亮* | *亮
bright; light / to shine; to flash / loud and clear / to show (one's passport etc); to make public (one's views etc)
HSK 2
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  *了* | 了* | *了
(of eyes) bright / clear-sighted / to understand clearly
HSK 3
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  *光* | 光* | *光
light; ray (CL:) / bright; shiny / only; merely / used up; finished / to leave (a part of the body) uncovered
HSK 3
light / radiance / (fig.) bright (prospects etc) / openhearted
HSK 3
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  *鲜* | 鲜* | *鲜
fresh / bright (in color) / delicious / tasty / delicacy / aquatic foods
HSK 4
(of colors) bright; fresh and clear / clear-cut; distinct
HSK 4
bright-colored; gaily-colored
HSK 5
bright / shining / glittering / to become clear
HSK 5
intelligent; clever; bright / acute (of sight and hearing)
HSK 5
bright / smart / quick-witted / heart / thoughts / spirit
HSK 6
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  *爽* | 爽* | *爽
bright / clear / crisp / open / frank / straightforward / to feel well / fine / pleasurable / invigorating / to deviate
HSK 6
Qingming or Pure Brightness Festival or Tomb Sweeping Day, celebration for the dead (in early April)
HSK 6
highlight / bright spot
HSK 7-9
bright and beautiful
HSK 7-9
clear and bright / sober and calm / (of a government or administration) well ordered
HSK 7-9
bright / clear / obvious / forthright / open-minded / bright and cheerful
HSK 7-9
full of youthful energy (idiom); vigorous / energetic / a bright spark
HSK 7-9
bright and beautiful
HSK 7-9
a bright idea suddenly occurs (idiom); to hit upon an inspiration / to be struck by a brainwave
HSK 7-9
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  *蠲* | 蠲* | *蠲
to deduct / to show / bright and clean / glow-worm / galleyworm / millipede
unaffected; unpretentious / (literary) brightly colored; vibrant
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  *彩* | 彩* | *彩
(bright) color / variety / applause / applaud / lottery prize
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  *烁* | 烁* | *烁
bright / luminous
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  *暻* | 暻* | *暻
bright
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  *暲* | 暲* | *暲
bright / to rise (of sun)
bright sunny day; blazing hot day
bright moon / refers to 夜明珠, a legendary pearl that can glow in the dark / CL: 輪|轮
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  *焆* | 焆* | *焆
(literary) bright
the bright moon
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  *晟* | 晟* | *晟
brightness of sun / splendor / also pr. [cheng2]
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  *冏* | 冏* | *冏
velvetleaf (Abutilon avicennae), plant of the jute family / bright
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  *曜* | 曜* | *曜
bright / glorious / one of the seven planets of premodern astronomy
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  *熹* | 熹* | *熹
bright / warm
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  *昭* | 昭* | *昭
bright / clear / manifest / to show clearly
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  *晙* | 晙* | *晙
(literary) early morning / (literary) bright / (used in names)
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  *明* | 明* | *明
bright / opposite: dark / (of meaning) clear / to understand / next / public or open / wise / generic term for a sacrifice to the gods
dragon's blood (bright red tree resin)
wide and bright / without worries / deep and sonorous (voice)
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  *滉* | 滉* | *滉
bright expanse of water
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  *艳* | 艳* | *艳
bright; fresh and attractive; glamorous / (bound form) amorous; romantic / (literary) to admire; to envy
to have a promising future / to have bright prospects
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  *镐* | 镐* | *镐
bright / place name / stove
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  *炯* | 炯* | *炯
bright / clear
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  *熙* | 熙* | *熙
(used in names) / (bound form) (literary) bright / prosperous / splendid / genial
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  *昱* | 昱* | *昱
bright light
(of sound) clear and resonant; bright / (of eyes) bright / (of water) crystal-clear; limpid / clear (in one's mind)
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  *彪* | 彪* | *彪
(literary) tiger stripes; (by extension) ornate and brightly colored; (by synecdoche) young tiger; (fig.) strong; stalwart / (old) classifier for troops
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  *晔* | 晔* | *晔
bright light / to sparkle
bright and beautiful / (of a landscape) gorgeous / (of a color) vibrant
bright / resplendent
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  *灿* | 灿* | *灿
glorious / bright / brilliant / lustrous / resplendent
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  *皓* | 皓* | *皓
(bound form) bright; luminous; white (esp. bright white teeth of youth or white hair of old age)
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  *暠* | 暠* | *暠
bright / white
glistening / bright
bright / shiny / smooth / naked / bald / penniless
bare and bald (of mountains) / bright and brilliant / fat and sleek
wise move / masterstroke / bright ideas
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  *皎* | 皎* | *皎
bright / white
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  *耿* | 耿* | *耿
(literary) bright; brilliant / honest; upright
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  *贲* | 贲* | *贲
bright
clear and bright / unclouded / clear and sonorous (voice) / clear and lively (narrative)
bright red
mirror (as a metaphor for sth beautiful, bright and flat – such as a lake – or sth that provides clarity and insight)
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  *灼* | 灼* | *灼
to burn; to sear; to scorch / (bound form) bright; luminous
(idiom) bright; clever; quick-witted
sudden inspiration / bright idea / clever trick
bright and neat
shining clean / bright (moonlight)
lit. bright as snow / shiny / dazzling / sharp (of eyes)
bright and spacious
lit. the stove fire has turned bright green (allusion to Daoist alchemy) (idiom) / fig. (of an art, a technique etc) brought to the point of perfection
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  *翌* | 翌* | *翌
bright / tomorrow
shining / bright
gorgeous; brightly colored; multicolored
lit. cool breeze and bright moon (idiom) / fig. peaceful and clear night / (allusively) living a solitary and quiet life
scarlet / bright red
bright and sunny weather
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  *杲* | 杲* | *杲
high / sun shines brightly / to shine
bright
watery / waterlogged (soil) / limpid / bright and intelligent (eyes)
bright / shining / translucent / crystal clear
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  *倞* | 倞* | *倞
distant / to seek / old variant of / bright
bright and clean
Qingming or Pure Brightness, 5th of the 24 solar terms 二十四節氣|二十四节气 5th-19th April / Pure Brightness Festival or Tomb Sweeping Day (in early April)
bright; intelligent
brightly lit
lit. clear window and clean table (idiom) / fig. bright and clean
bright; sharp; quick-witted
bright future / bright prospects
bright red
bright and clean / luminous
bright sun / beautiful day
(idiom) bright and multicolored; of rich variety; dazzling; glitzy
silvery light / bright white light / shining white light
brightly colored / gaudy
bright (color) / vivid
(literary) (of eyes) bright; shining
(idiom) bright and colorful; gorgeous; magnificent
bright / clear

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