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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
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
to invent / an invention / CL: 個|个
HSK 3
(of colors) bright; fresh and clear / clear-cut; distinct
HSK 4
transparent / (fig.) transparent; open to scrutiny
HSK 4
obviously / plainly / undoubtedly / definitely
HSK 5
intelligent; clever; bright / acute (of sight and hearing)
HSK 5
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
brilliant; superior; wise
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
HSK 7-9
wise and capable; sagacious
upright and honest
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 ascertain / to verify
to clearly indicate
courtesy name of Zhuge Liang 諸葛亮|诸葛亮
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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
not clear / unknown / to fail to understand
to ascertain / to identify / to verify (sb's identity etc)
joint declaration
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
simple and clear / concise
Benjamin (person name)
disclaimer
unaccounted / unknown whereabouts
Dongming county in Heze 菏澤|菏泽, Shandong
to declare / to aver / to state formally
to point out
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)
Songming county in Kunming 昆明, Yunnan
brightly lit
(idiom) to think oneself clever
to renounce the dark and seek the light / to give up one's wrong way of life and turn to a better one
dawn / daybreak
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
to declare
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 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)
amphetamine (loanword)
to distinguish / to ascertain
enlightened / open-minded / enlightenment
keenly observant of trivial details
to show clearly
to explain
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
Wyoming, US state
Ho Chi Minh (1890-1969), former Vietnamese leader / see also 胡志明市
deities / gods
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

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