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  *灯* | 灯* | *灯
lamp / light / lantern / CL: 盞|盏
HSK 2
(stage) lighting / light
HSK 4
electric light / CL: 盞|盏
HSK 4
desk lamp / table lamp
HSK 6
green light (traffic signal) / (fig.) permission to proceed
HSK 7-9
lantern
HSK 7-9
to be decorated with lanterns and colored banners (idiom)
HSK 7-9
light bulb / see also 電燈泡|电灯泡 / third-wheel or unwanted third party spoiling a couple's date (slang) / CL: 個|个
HSK 7-9
red light
HSK 7-9
street lamp / street light
HSK 7-9
to turn on the light
(of a city etc) ablaze with lights
traffic light
incandescent light
blowtorch; blowlamp
decorated lantern; lantern light
to turn on a light; (of a light) to light up
headlight (of a vehicle) / headlamp; head torch
lantern slides
traffic light / traffic signal
sky lantern (miniature hot-air balloon used during festivals)
early evening when lanterns are first lit
slide (photography, presentation software) / filmstrip / transparency
flush-mounted ceiling lamp (loanword)
fluorescent light
signal light / car indicator
brake light
headlight
fluorescent tube or light
safety lamp / safelight
kerosene lamp
(lit.) to flash the yellow light / (fig.) to give a warning sign
(vehicle) headlight
altar lamp burning day and night
mercury-vapor lamp
spotlight
desk lamp
headlight
(loanword) neon lights
to pass on the light of Buddha
floodlight
LED strip light
sb who is easy to deal with
high beam (headlights)
only the official is allowed to light the fire / Gods may do what cattle may not / quod licet Iovi, non licet bovi
searchlight
Raise the Red Lantern (1991), movie by Zhang Yimou 張藝謀|张艺谋
car rear indicator
lights
to sow discord / to provoke
oil lamp
cover of lamp / lampshade / glass cover of oil lamp
miner's lamp / mining light
red-light district
to give the green light / to give the go-ahead
fog lights (of a motor vehicle)
beacon light / beacon
(textiles) corduroy
lantern with a carousel of paper horses rotating under convection, used at Lantern Festival 元宵節|元宵节 / (fig.) revolving door; musical chairs (metaphor for people being shuffled around into different jobs)
to light a lamp
hanging lamp
sky lantern (miniature hot-air balloon used during festivals)
turn out the lights / lights out
vehicle turn indicator light
the Lantern Festival (15th of first month of lunar calendar)
(theater) spotlight / followspot
spirit lamp
a blacklight; an ultraviolet light
(lit.) it's dark right under the lamp / (fig.) people tend to overlook things right under their noses
lampwick
hazard lights
tail light (on vehicle)
to light a lamp / to raise a lantern
a fluorescent light; a fluorescent lamp
lantern / uncovered oil lamp
Chinese enkianthus
colored lantern (used at Lantern Festival 元宵節|元宵节)
(vehicle) headlight
carnival during the Lantern Festival, with lantern displays and traditional folk performances such as stilt walking and lion dance
sunlamp
gas lamp
arc lamp
lit. to blow out the lamp and put out the candle (idiom) / fig. to die / to bite the dust / to be over and done with
lighthouse / CL:
lanterns red, wine green (idiom); feasting and pleasure-seeking / debauched and corrupt environment
lamp wick
spotlight
lighted buoy / channel marking light / signal light
opera for popular in Sichuan and Yunnan
floodlight
lamppost
riddles written on lanterns (e.g. for the Lantern Festival at the end of Chinese New Year)
The Legend of the Red Lantern
mercury-vapor lamp
LED lamp bead; small light bulb
fluorescent light
streetlight
brightly lit
lantern with a carousel of paper horses rotating under convection, used at Lantern Festival 元宵節|元宵节 / chaser lights / self-scrolling horizontal text display, such as a news ticker
slide projector / overhead projector

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