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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
to invent / an invention / CL: 個|个
HSK 3
proof / certificate / identification / testimonial / CL: 個|个 / to prove / to testify / to confirm the truth of
HSK 3
civilized / civilization / culture / CL: 個|个
HSK 3
to make clear / to make known / to state clearly / to indicate / known
HSK 3
light / radiance / (fig.) bright (prospects etc) / openhearted
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
brilliant; superior; wise
HSK 7-9
lighting / illumination / to light up / to illuminate
HSK 7-9
dawn; daybreak
HSK 7-9
to lose one's eyesight / to become blind / blindness
HSK 7-9
clear / distinct / evidently / clearly
HSK 7-9
clear and bright / sober and calm / (of a government or administration) well ordered
HSK 7-9
to investigate and find out / to ascertain
HSK 7-9
astute; shrewd; smart
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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 ascertain / to verify
dawn / daybreak
to clearly indicate
deities / gods
Gaoming, a district of Foshan 佛山市, Guangdong
courtesy name of Zhuge Liang 諸葛亮|诸葛亮
lumen (unit of light flux) (loanword)
to mark / to indicate
to show one's colors / to have a clear-cut stand (idiom)
wise / brilliant
Classical Chinese name for planet Venus in the east before dawn
to show clearly / to designate / to indicate
strict and impartial / firm
Songming county in Kunming 昆明, Yunnan
to point out
simple and clear / concise
Benjamin (person name)
Wyoming, US state
disclaimer
unaccounted / unknown whereabouts
Dongming county in Heze 菏澤|菏泽, Shandong
to declare / to aver / to state formally
wise and capable; sagacious
enlightened / open-minded / enlightenment
flourishing; thriving
to restore the Ming dynasty
to regain one's eyesight / (astronomy) emersion
enlightened sage / brilliant master (flattering words applied to ruler)
just and honorable
(idiom) self-knowledge
obvious; evident; conspicuous; prominent; distinct; apparent
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)
brightly lit
Ningming county in Chongzuo 崇左, Guangxi
(idiom) to think oneself clever
lit. black and white clearly contrasted (idiom) / fig. unambiguous; black-and-white; in sharp contrast; to distinguish clearly right from wrong
to renounce the dark and seek the light / to give up one's wrong way of life and turn to a better one
Siming, a district of Xiamen 廈門市|厦门市, Fujian
pine torch
to clarify / to distinguish / to elucidate
foresight
to make a clear difference between what one likes and what one hates / to have well-defined likes and dislikes
sharp ears and keen eyes (idiom) / keen and alert / perceptive
(literary) dawn / daybreak / impartial and astute
to distinguish right from wrong (idiom)
lit. many nights under a harsh moon / long years of oppression (idiom)
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 explain clearly / to elucidate
the hidden and the visible; that which can be seen and that which cannot; darkness and light; night and day; wisdom and ignorance; evil and good; the living and the dead; men and ghosts
to identify / to authenticate
please find sb better qualified than me (idiom)
not clear / unknown / to fail to understand
amphetamine (loanword)
to distinguish / to ascertain
keenly observant of trivial details
to show clearly
to explain
to declare
Wang Ming (1904-1974), Soviet-trained Chinese communist, Comintern and Soviet stooge and left adventurist in the 1930s, fell out with Mao and moved to Soviet Union from 1956
at dawn
to state clearly
to state explicitly in writing / to specify / to stipulate
avidya (Buddhism) / ignorance / delusion
Yao Ming (1980-), retired Chinese basketball player, played for CBA Shanghai Sharks 1997-2002 and for NBA Houston Rockets 2002-2011
dim light / early dawn
detailed accounting
Ho Chi Minh (1890-1969), former Vietnamese leader / see also 胡志明市
brightly lit
to be well aware
(botany) cassia
Wang Yangming (1472-1529), Ming dynasty Neo-Confucian philosopher, influential in the School of Mind 心學|心学
to consolidate and clarify
the four great Chinese inventions: paper, printing, magnetic compass and gunpowder
opaque
Guo Jingming (1983-), Chinese young-adult fiction writer and teen pop idol
spiritual culture
Zuo Qiuming or Zuoqiu Ming (556-451), famous blind historian from Lu 魯國|鲁国 to whom the history Zuo Zhuan 左傳|左传 is attributed

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