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HSK
not the only one / not only
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
sunshine / (of personality) upbeat; energetic / transparent (open to public scrutiny)
HSK 3
(stage) lighting / light
HSK 4
(formal) to honor with one's presence / to attend
HSK 4
compact disc (CD); DVD; CD-ROM / CL: , 張|张
HSK 4
gaze / insight / foresight / vision / way of looking at things
HSK 5
scene / view / sight / landscape / to be well-regarded / to be well-off / grand (dialect) / impressive (dialect)
HSK 5
light ray / CL: 條|条, / light / illumination / lighting (for a photograph)
HSK 5
time / era / period of time
HSK 5
honor and glory / glorious
HSK 5
gaze; (fig.) attention / expression in one's eyes; look / (lit. and fig.) sight; vision
HSK 5
to tour / sightseeing / tourism
HSK 6
radiance / glory / brilliant / magnificent
HSK 6
luster / gloss
HSK 7-9
to expose (photography) / (fig.) to expose (a scandal) / (advertising) exposure / Taiwan pr. [pu4 guang1]
HSK 7-9
optical disc / compact disc / CD / CD-ROM / CL: , 張|张
HSK 7-9
to emit light; to shine; to glow; to glisten; to be luminous
HSK 7-9
the first light of dawn / (fig.) glimmer of hope after a dark period; a new beginning
HSK 7-9
glossy; sleek; smooth
HSK 7-9
to visit (as a customer)
HSK 7-9
ring of light; halo; (fig.) glory; splendor
HSK 7-9
luster / splendor / radiance / brilliance
HSK 7-9
laser
HSK 7-9
to develop and promote / to carry forward / to bring to great height of development
HSK 7-9
a slap on the face / CL: 記|记
HSK 7-9
to win an honor / to strive to win a prize
HSK 7-9
optical cable
HSK 7-9
open and candid (idiom); straightforward and upright
HSK 7-9
rays of light / brilliant rays / radiance
HSK 7-9
face glowing (idiom); looking radiant / all smiles
HSK 7-9
to bask in the light / fig. to benefit from association with sb or sth / reflected glory
HSK 7-9
fluorescence; fluorescent light
HSK 7-9
Guangfu or Kuangfu township in Hualien County 花蓮縣|花莲县, east Taiwan
to recover (territory or power) / the liberation of Taiwan from Japanese rule in 1945
multicolored sunlight of sunrise or sunset
Guangzhou, old name for Huangchuan 潢川 in Xinyang 信陽|信阳, Henan / Gwangju Metropolitan City, capital of South Jeolla Province 全羅南道|全罗南道, South Korea
dazzling / brilliant
Guangze county in Nanping 南平 Fujian
splendid / magnificent / abbr. for 中國光大銀行|中国光大银行, China Everbright Bank
toner cartridge
lit. an interval of time is worth an ounce of gold, money cannot buy you time (saying) / fig. time is precious
optics
scenes of springtime / the radiance of spring / (fig.) a sight of sth sexy or erotic / an indication of a love affair
astigmatism
to diffuse light
exposure
Shouguang, county-level city in Weifang 濰坊|潍坊, Shandong
sunlight
visible light / light in optical spectrum
laser
aurora (meteorology)
moonlight
Buddha's teachings / aura (around the head of Buddha)
to conceal one's strengths and bide one's time (idiom) / to hide one's light under a bushel
flash
shaven head / bald head / to go bareheaded / hatless
to recover one's sight / (fig.) to recover (lost territories)
to be in a poor light / to do sth with one's back to the light / to stand in one's own light
sunlight
spectrum
flash bulb (photography)
light source
spectral analysis
photoelectric
luminous
electric light / lightning / electro-optical
phosphorescence
to get natural light (e.g. through a window)
glory
optical fiber / fiber optics
to strip naked / to strip nude / (coll.) to find oneself a partner
to polish; to burnish
reign name of Qing emperor (1821-1850)
starlight
optical attenuation
tourist
luminosity
time available
to reflect light
(out of) the corner of one's eyes / peripheral vision / residual light / light of the setting sun
reign name of penultimate Qing emperor Guangxu or Guang-hsu (1875-1908)
bright
Chukuang Island, one of the Matsu Islands / Chukuang township in Lienchiang county 連江縣|连江县, Taiwan
light / beam of light / gleam of light / light reflected from an object
photoelectron
divine light (around the Buddha) / a halo / a miraculous column of light / (slang) jolly good!
arc light
transparent / translucent
time machine
eye-opening ceremony for a religious idol (Buddhism) / to consecrate / to bless / transparent / translucent / haircut / shaving the head or face (humorous) / a method of decoration / first light (astronomy)
bright and neat
halo / (photography) halation
optometry / to examine the eyes
photon (particle physics)
backlighting (lighting design)
(of a person) honorable; not devious / (of a behavior) fair and aboveboard; without tricks; openly / (of a situation) out in the open

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