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tomorrow
HSK 1
to invent / an invention / CL: 個|个
HSK 3
light / radiance / (fig.) bright (prospects etc) / openhearted
HSK 3
star; celebrity
HSK 2
clear / distinct / obvious
HSK 3
to explain / to illustrate / to indicate / to show / to prove / explanation / directions / caption / CL: 個|个
HSK 2
to state / to declare / statement / declaration / CL: 項|项,
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
clear-cut; definite; explicit / to clarify; to specify; to make definite
HSK 3
obviously / plainly / undoubtedly / definitely
HSK 5
bright / shining / glittering / to become clear
HSK 5
intelligent; clever; bright / acute (of sight and hearing)
HSK 5
(loanword) sandwich
HSK 6
(of colors) bright; fresh and clear / clear-cut; distinct
HSK 4
transparent / (fig.) transparent; open to scrutiny
HSK 4
proof / certificate / identification / testimonial / CL: 個|个 / to prove / to testify / to confirm the truth of
HSK 3
to make clear / to make known / to state clearly / to indicate / known
HSK 3
Tao Yuanming (c. 365-427), Jin dynasty writer and poet
(technical) manual / (book of) directions / synopsis (of a play or film) / specification (patent) / CL:
HSK 6
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
the four great Chinese inventions: paper, printing, magnetic compass and gunpowder
Eastern civilization
(botany) cassia
clear / distinct / evidently / clearly
HSK 7-9
tomorrow
HSK 6
Qingming or Pure Brightness Festival or Tomb Sweeping Day, celebration for the dead (in early April)
HSK 6
Wyoming, US state
Ming Taizu, temple name of first Ming emperor Hongwu 洪武
open drainage channel; ditch
lit. easy to dodge the spear in the open, hard to avoid a stab in the dark (idiom); it is hard to guard against secret conspiracies
lighting / illumination / to light up / to illuminate
HSK 7-9
to make a clear difference between what one likes and what one hates / to have well-defined likes and dislikes
unidentified flying object (UFO)
obvious / clear for all to see
(astronomy) Venus
(idiom) exceptionally intelligent
brilliant; superior; wise
HSK 7-9
material and spiritual culture / matter and mind / material progress, ideology and culture (philosophic slogan, adopted into Deng Xiaoping theory from 1978)
to invent and innovate / inventions and innovations
astute; shrewd; smart
HSK 7-9
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  *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
Birmingham
Guangming, a district of Shenzhen City 深圳市, Guangdong
ancient civilization
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
to show clearly
Ming Pao newspaper (Hong Kong)
late Ming and early Qing / around the middle of the 17th century
as rivers Jing and Wei separate clearly (idiom) / to be entirely different
inventor
Oriental Pearl Tower
to state clearly
not clear / unknown / to fail to understand
clear and simple / in simple terms
Yuanmingyuan, the Old Summer Palace, destroyed by the British and French army in 1860
although I don't understand it, it seems pretty awesome (Internet slang)
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
to be well aware
clever-clever / clever in trivial matters / sharp but petty-minded
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
openly and without fear / brazenly
too clever by half; excessive ingenuity
Wang Yangming (1472-1529), Ming dynasty Neo-Confucian philosopher, influential in the School of Mind 心學|心学
inventor
to cast pearls before swine (idiom) / not to get proper recognition for one's talents
lit. cool breeze and bright moon (idiom) / fig. peaceful and clear night / (allusively) living a solitary and quiet life
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
to elucidate / to explain clearly / to expound
Fu Mingxia (1978-), Chinese diving champion
bright and beautiful
HSK 7-9
sensible / wise / judicious / sagacious
HSK 7-9
disclaimer
Emperor Ming of Tang (685-762), also known as Emperor Xuanzong of Tang 唐玄宗, reigned 712-756
Oriental Pearl Television Tower
even with your own brother, keep clear accounts (idiom)
Guangming Daily, a Beijing newspaper
amphetamine (loanword)
(idiom) to ask a question, already knowing the answer
wise and resolute
to state explicitly in writing / to specify / to stipulate
Mesopotamian civilization

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