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Pīnyīn
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HSK
the moon
HSK 2
pretty; beautiful
HSK 2
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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
bright / shining / glittering / to become clear
HSK 5
to strike a pose (Chinese opera) / (fig.) to make a public appearance; to come out in public (revealing one's true personality, opinions etc); (of a product) to appear on the market or at a trade show etc
HSK 7-9
loud and clear; resonant
HSK 7-9
bright and beautiful
HSK 7-9
highlight / bright spot
HSK 7-9
loud and clear; resounding
HSK 7-9
please forgive me
of noble character and unquestionable integrity (idiom)
bright / clear
bright / shiny / dazzling / glaring
to show one's hand / to lay one's cards on the table
brightness
brilliant / shiny / a flare / to glisten / to twinkle
Zhuge Liang (181–234), military leader and prime minister of Shu Han 蜀漢|蜀汉 during the Three Kingdoms period / the main hero of the fictional Romance of Three Kingdoms 三國演義|三国演义, where he is portrayed as a sage and military genius / (fig.) a mastermind
to illuminate / to light up / lighting
to illuminate / to turn on the lights / to light (a blaze)
to grow light (at daybreak)
to like looking attractive (usually of girls) / aestheticism
shiny bright as silver
very bright / well-lit
bright
light / beam of light / gleam of light / light reflected from an object
to shine / shiny
bright / shining / translucent / crystal clear
shiny
(let's) not mince words; (let's) not beat about the bush
bright star
lustrous and black / jet-black
shiny / very bright
glossy / shiny
lit. bright as snow / shiny / dazzling / sharp (of eyes)
gleaming / glistening
(of sound) clear and resonant; bright / (of eyes) bright / (of water) crystal-clear; limpid / clear (in one's mind)
clear
loud and clear / resonant
to polish
apparent brightness (astronomy)
(term used by the blind) sighted person; person with eyesight / perceptive person; observant person
shining / brilliant
bright and spacious
(dialect) to begin to dawn / to be just getting light
variant of 洪亮
dawn / daybreak
shiny; gleaming
to turn on a light; (of a light) to light up
eye-catching; striking; impressive / sighted eyes; functioning eyes
bright; glittering
bright
to highlight (computing) / (of sound) loud and clear / penetrating
wide and bright / without worries / deep and sonorous (voice)
menstrual cup (Tw)
Hong Liangji (1746-1809), poet and historian
moist and glossy / wet look (of lipstick)
a bright color / sparkle / shine / glitter
(lit.) to flash the yellow light / (fig.) to give a warning sign
isoleucine (Ile), an essential amino acid
to wish for the stars and the moon / to have unreal expectations
to suddenly reveal / to flash (one's ID, a banknote etc)
to turn on a screen
leucine (Leu), an essential amino acid
brightness / luminosity
daybreak
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
Tian Liang (1979-), former male Chinese diver, Olympic medalist
clear
two remarkable persons living at the same period (as 周瑜 and 諸葛亮|诸葛亮)
lit. three ignorant cobblers add up to a genius (idiom); fig. collective wisdom
lit. three ignorant cobblers add up to a genius (idiom); fig. collective wisdom / wisdom of the masses exceeds that of any individual
lit. three ignorant cobblers add up to a genius (idiom); fig. collective wisdom / wisdom of the masses exceeds that of any individual
lit. three ignorant cobblers add up to a genius (idiom); fig. collective wisdom / wisdom of the masses exceeds that of any individual
person who is wise after the event
diffuse nebula
Armillariella tabescens (mushroom used in trad. Chinese medicine)
armillarisin (fungal enzyme used as antibiotic)
bright blue
polished to a shine / shiny / glistening
diamanté
artificial lighting
to keep one's eyes open (idiom) / to be on one's guard / to be clear-eyed
SELENE, Japanese lunar orbiter spacecraft, launched in 2007
clear / open / bright
(one's) eyes light up; to be impressed by what one sees
dawn / the first glimmer of light
some people have to be pushed for them to take action
Tang Liang Hong (opposition candidate in Jan 1996 Singapore elections)
erhua variant of 閃亮|闪亮
bright (color) / vivid


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