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HSK
tomorrow
HSK 1
light / radiance / (fig.) bright (prospects etc) / openhearted
HSK 3
star; celebrity
HSK 2
clear-cut; definite; explicit / to clarify; to specify; to make definite
HSK 3
next year
HSK 1
civilized / civilization / culture / CL: 個|个
HSK 3
clear; obvious; unequivocal / sensible; reasonable / to understand; to realize
HSK 1
to explain / to illustrate / to indicate / to show / to prove / explanation / directions / caption / CL: 個|个
HSK 2
obviously / plainly / undoubtedly / definitely
HSK 5
bright / shining / glittering / to become clear
HSK 5
clear / distinct / obvious
HSK 3
(loanword) sandwich
HSK 6
to invent / an invention / CL: 個|个
HSK 3
transparent / (fig.) transparent; open to scrutiny
HSK 4
to make clear / to make known / to state clearly / to indicate / known
HSK 3
proof / certificate / identification / testimonial / CL: 個|个 / to prove / to testify / to confirm the truth of
HSK 3
intelligent; clever; bright / acute (of sight and hearing)
HSK 5
to state / to declare / statement / declaration / CL: 項|项,
HSK 3
(technical) manual / (book of) directions / synopsis (of a play or film) / specification (patent) / CL:
HSK 6
Qingming or Pure Brightness Festival or Tomb Sweeping Day, celebration for the dead (in early April)
HSK 6
(of colors) bright; fresh and clear / clear-cut; distinct
HSK 4
indefinite / unclear
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
to lose one's eyesight / to become blind / blindness
HSK 7-9
clear / distinct / evidently / clearly
HSK 7-9
tomorrow
HSK 6
Ming Taizu, temple name of first Ming emperor Hongwu 洪武
expressly stipulated (in writing)
lighting / illumination / to light up / to illuminate
HSK 7-9
Dongming county in Heze 菏澤|菏泽, Shandong
to explain
brilliant; superior; wise
HSK 7-9
astute; shrewd; smart
HSK 7-9
Wang Yangming (1472-1529), Ming dynasty Neo-Confucian philosopher, influential in the School of Mind 心學|心学
to specify / specific details
the four great Chinese inventions: paper, printing, magnetic compass and gunpowder
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *明* | 明* | *明
Ming Dynasty (1368–1644) / surname Ming / Ming (c. 2000 BC), fourth of the legendary Flame Emperors, 炎帝 descended from Shennong 神農|神农 Farmer God
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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
to investigate and find out / to ascertain
HSK 7-9
see you tomorrow / (coll., jocular) food that passes through the digestive system more or less intact (esp. enoki mushrooms)
Birmingham
ancient civilization
to make a clear difference between what one likes and what one hates / to have well-defined likes and dislikes
bright moon / refers to 夜明珠, a legendary pearl that can glow in the dark / CL: 輪|轮
unaccounted / unknown whereabouts
to ascertain / to verify
Ernest Hemingway (1899-1961), American novelist and journalist
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)
History of the Ming Dynasty, twenty fourth of the 24 dynastic histories 二十四史, compiled under Zhang Tingyu 張廷玉|张廷玉 in 1739 during the Qing Dynasty, 332 scrolls
open and candid (idiom); straightforward and upright
HSK 7-9
late Ming and early Qing / around the middle of the 17th century
Meiji Restoration (Japan, 1868)
Eastern civilization
to state clearly
not clear / unknown / to fail to understand
to honor sb as a God (idiom); to revere / to worship / to deify / to make a holy cow of sth / to put sb on a pedestal
to decree
listen to both sides and you will be enlightened; heed only one side and you will remain ignorant (idiom)
to be well aware
sensible / reasonable / an obvious reason, truth or fact / to understand the reason or reasoning
Sanming, prefecture-level city in Fujian Province 福建省
(of a person) honorable; not devious / (of a behavior) fair and aboveboard; without tricks; openly / (of a situation) out in the open
translucent / semitransparent
lit. black and white clearly contrasted (idiom) / fig. unambiguous; black-and-white; in sharp contrast; to distinguish clearly right from wrong
unidentified flying object (UFO)
brightly lit
to invent and innovate / inventions and innovations
enlightened / open-minded / enlightenment
to cast pearls before swine (idiom) / not to get proper recognition for one's talents
Ming Chengzu, temple name of third Ming Emperor Yongle 永樂|永乐
lit. the willow trees make the shade, the flowers give the light (idiom); at one's darkest hour, a glimmer of hope / light at the end of the tunnel
Fu Mingxia (1978-), Chinese diving champion
bright and beautiful
HSK 7-9
sensible / wise / judicious / sagacious
HSK 7-9
Emperor Ming of Tang (685-762), also known as Emperor Xuanzong of Tang 唐玄宗, reigned 712-756
joint declaration
amphetamine (loanword)
another name for 古今小說|古今小说, Stories Old and New by Feng Menglong 馮夢龍|冯梦龙
clever-clever / clever in trivial matters / sharp but petty-minded
a wise man looks after his own hide (idiom) / to put one's own safety before matters of principle
to distinguish right from wrong (idiom)
unknown cause of death
dawn; daybreak
HSK 7-9
opaque
Mesopotamian civilization
self-evident; needing no explanation (idiom)
not understanding things (idiom); devoid of sense
to distinguish / to ascertain
(idiom) to kick sb upstairs
(literary) dawn / daybreak / impartial and astute
open enquiries and secret search (idiom); to investigate openly and in secret / taking information from all sides
(idiom) a clever person may become the victim of his own ingenuity; cleverness may overreach itself; too smart for one's own good
hyaluronic acid / hyaluronan
Manichaeism
brief and to the point (idiom) / succinct
clear and detailed / definite / details (are as follows:)

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