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clear; obvious; unequivocal / sensible; reasonable / to understand; to realize
HSK 1
next year
HSK 1
tomorrow
HSK 1
star; celebrity
HSK 2
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
light / radiance / (fig.) bright (prospects etc) / openhearted
HSK 3
clear / distinct / obvious
HSK 3
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
to invent / an invention / CL: 個|个
HSK 3
clear-cut; definite; explicit / to clarify; to specify; to make definite
HSK 3
civilized / civilization / culture / CL: 個|个
HSK 3
transparent / (fig.) transparent; open to scrutiny
HSK 4
(of colors) bright; fresh and clear / clear-cut; distinct
HSK 4
obviously / plainly / undoubtedly / definitely
HSK 5
intelligent; clever; bright / acute (of sight and hearing)
HSK 5
bright / shining / glittering / to become clear
HSK 5
(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
tomorrow
HSK 6
(loanword) sandwich
HSK 6
clear and bright / sober and calm / (of a government or administration) well ordered
HSK 7-9
dawn; daybreak
HSK 7-9
sensible / wise / judicious / sagacious
HSK 7-9
to lose one's eyesight / to become blind / blindness
HSK 7-9
lighting / illumination / to light up / to illuminate
HSK 7-9
brilliant; superior; wise
HSK 7-9
to investigate and find out / to ascertain
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astute; shrewd; smart
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bright and beautiful
HSK 7-9
bright / clear / obvious / forthright / open-minded / bright and cheerful
HSK 7-9
open and candid (idiom); straightforward and upright
HSK 7-9
clear / distinct / evidently / clearly
HSK 7-9
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)
sharp ears and keen eyes (idiom) / keen and alert / perceptive
to stipulate; to state expressly
Darhan Muming'an united banner in Baotou 包頭|包头, Inner Mongolia
glistening and piercing
perspicacious and impartial in judgment (idiom)
bright moon / refers to 夜明珠, a legendary pearl that can glow in the dark / CL: 輪|轮
material and spiritual culture / matter and mind / material progress, ideology and culture (philosophic slogan, adopted into Deng Xiaoping theory from 1978)
clear / limpid
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
Akihito, personal name of the Heisei 平成 emperor of Japan (1933-), reigned 1989-2019
to note clearly / to perceive
Songming county in Kunming 昆明, Yunnan
not understanding things (idiom); devoid of sense
to identify / to verify sb's identity / identification
Songming county in Kunming 昆明, Yunnan
Nanming, a district of Guiyang City 貴陽市|贵阳市, Guizhou
Fiesta de Saint Fermin, festival held annually in Pamplona, Spain
"transparent kitchen" – a kitchen (in a restaurant, school cafeteria etc) in which food preparation processes are made visible to customers (by means of transparent glass, live video etc) to promote hygiene and ensure accountability in food safety practices
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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 grow a beard as a symbol of one's determination (as Mei Lanfang 梅蘭芳|梅兰芳 growing a beard and refusing to perform for the Japanese)
Ming tombs in Nanjing, tomb of founding Ming emperor Zhu Yuanzhang 朱元璋, a World Heritage site
Kurosawa Akira (1910-1998) Japanese movie director
an honest person does not act surreptitiously (idiom)
lit. chrysanthemums after the Double Ninth Festival (idiom) / fig. outdated / thing of the past / dead letter
to clearly indicate
flame / open fire
(Tw) (loanword) flamenco
lifestyle diseases
Wen Zhengming (1470-1559), Ming painter, one of Four great southern talents of the Ming 江南四大才子
Wyoming, US state
organza (fabric)
clear proof
to understand clearly / to be clear about / plain / clear
to ascertain / to verify
(literary) dawn / daybreak / impartial and astute
lumen (unit of light flux) (loanword)
(coll.) tomorrow
(botany) cassia
Chongming Island, at the mouth of the Yangtze River in Shanghai
the 5th century Chinese calendar established by Zu Chongzhi 祖沖之|祖冲之
Ernest Hemingway (1899-1961), American novelist and journalist
certificate
flourishing; thriving
to state explicitly / to clearly indicate
not clear / unknown / to fail to understand
Kunming, prefecture-level city and capital of Yunnan Province 雲南省|云南省
Ming Pao newspaper (Hong Kong)
Ming Renzong, temple name of fourth Ming emperor Zhu Gaochi 朱高熾|朱高炽
to be fully aware of / to know perfectly well
tomorrow evening
non-secret code (such as Morse code, Chinese telegraph code, ASCII etc) / plaintext (cryptography) / (of prices) clearly marked
unaccounted / unknown whereabouts
wise / brilliant
translucent / semitransparent
Minnesota, USA
publicly; outwardly; professedly
clear and detailed / definite / details (are as follows:)
Classical Chinese name for planet Venus in the east before dawn
enlightened sage / brilliant master (flattering words applied to ruler)
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