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  *了* | 了* | *了
(of eyes) bright / clear-sighted / to understand clearly
HSK 3
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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
light / radiance / (fig.) bright (prospects etc) / openhearted
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
bright / shining / glittering / to become clear
HSK 5
intelligent; clever; bright / acute (of sight and hearing)
HSK 5
(of colors) bright; fresh and clear / clear-cut; distinct
HSK 4
bright / smart / quick-witted / heart / thoughts / spirit
HSK 6
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  *鲜* | 鲜* | *鲜
fresh / bright (in color) / delicious / tasty / delicacy / aquatic foods
HSK 4
bright and beautiful
HSK 7-9
bright-colored; gaily-colored
HSK 5
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  *爽* | 爽* | *爽
bright / clear / crisp / open / frank / straightforward / to feel well / fine / pleasurable / invigorating / to deviate
HSK 6
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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
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
(idiom) bright and multicolored; of rich variety; dazzling; glitzy
Qingming or Pure Brightness Festival or Tomb Sweeping Day, celebration for the dead (in early April)
HSK 6
clear and bright / with a big smile
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  *炳* | 炳* | *炳
bright / brilliant / luminous
highlight / bright spot
HSK 7-9
to have a promising future / to have bright prospects
wise move / masterstroke / bright ideas
bright and sunny weather
bright sun / beautiful day
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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
bright / clear
bright moon / refers to 夜明珠, a legendary pearl that can glow in the dark / CL: 輪|轮
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)
(idiom) bright and colorful; gorgeous; magnificent
a bright idea suddenly occurs (idiom); to hit upon an inspiration / to be struck by a brainwave
HSK 7-9
bright; sharp; quick-witted
bright blue
lit. cool breeze and bright moon (idiom) / fig. peaceful and clear night / (allusively) living a solitary and quiet life
bright and beautiful
HSK 7-9
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  *皎* | 皎* | *皎
bright / white
if it isn't bright in the east, it'll be bright in the west (idiom) / if something doesn't work here, it might work somewhere else
a bright color / sparkle / shine / glitter
bright future / bright prospects
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  *爚* | 爚* | *爚
bright / fiery
bright and clean / luminous
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  *彩* | 彩* | *彩
(bright) color / variety / applause / applaud / lottery prize
bright / devoted / having sth on one's mind / troubled
bright
bright and colorful; gorgeous
(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
the sun shines brightly (idiom)
lit. clear window and clean table (idiom) / fig. bright and clean
brightness
apparent brightness (astronomy)
evident / clear and bright
scarlet / bright red
bright-colored / garish
to shine brightly / (fig.) to show promise / to be on the up and up
shiny bright as silver
bright sunny day; blazing hot day
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  *昭* | 昭* | *昭
bright / clear / manifest / to show clearly
unaffected; unpretentious / (literary) brightly colored; vibrant
intelligent / bright / sharp
the bright moon
clear / open / bright
Jie Zhitui (7th century BC), legendary selfless subject of Duke Wen of Jin 晉文公|晋文公, in whose honor the Qingming festival 清明 (Pure brightness or tomb-sweeping festival) is said to have been initiated
wide and bright / without worries / deep and sonorous (voice)
bright red
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  *艳* | 艳* | *艳
bright; fresh and attractive; glamorous / (bound form) amorous; romantic / (literary) to admire; to envy
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  *贲* | 贲* | *贲
bright
full of youthful energy (idiom); vigorous / energetic / a bright spark
HSK 7-9
gorgeous; brightly colored; multicolored
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  *灼* | 灼* | *灼
to burn; to sear; to scorch / (bound form) bright; luminous
bright / shiny / dazzling / glaring
brightly lit
bright and neat
shining / bright
multicolored splendor (of fireworks, bright lights etc)
bright and clean
(of fruit etc) fresh / (of a person etc) full of life; healthy-looking / (of eyes) moist and bright; lustrous
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  *紑* | 紑* | *紑
bright / glossy (of silk)
dazzling / bright
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  *皝* | 皝* | *皝
luminous / bright hoary, white
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  *粲* | 粲* | *粲
beautiful / bright / splendid / smilingly
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  *煇* | 煇* | *煇
bright / glorious
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  *炜* | 炜* | *炜
glowing / bright / brilliant
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  *颎* | 颎* | *颎
blaze / bright
bright; intelligent
(idiom) bright; clever; quick-witted
brightly colored / gaudy
bright and spacious
mirror (as a metaphor for sth beautiful, bright and flat – such as a lake – or sth that provides clarity and insight)
bare and bald (of mountains) / bright and brilliant / fat and sleek
white teeth and bright eyes (idiom); lovely young woman
bright / resplendent
very bright / well-lit
bright star
bright
bright / shiny / smooth / naked / bald / penniless
(of style, mood etc) bright; lively; brisk / prompt; decisive
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  *暸* | 暸* | *暸
bright / clear
by bright candlelight
bright; glittering
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  *炅* | 炅* | *炅
(literary) bright / shining / brilliance

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