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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
light / radiance / (fig.) bright (prospects etc) / openhearted
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
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
clear and bright / sober and calm / (of a government or administration) well ordered
HSK 7-9
dawn; daybreak
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
HSK 7-9
astute; shrewd; smart
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
material and spiritual culture / matter and mind / material progress, ideology and culture (philosophic slogan, adopted into Deng Xiaoping theory from 1978)
Songming county in Kunming 昆明, Yunnan
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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
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *明* | 明* | *明
bright / opposite: dark / (of meaning) clear / to understand / next / public or open / wise / generic term for a sacrifice to the gods
Kurosawa Akira (1910-1998) Japanese movie director
to clearly indicate
Wen Zhengming (1470-1559), Ming painter, one of Four great southern talents of the Ming 江南四大才子
to ascertain / to verify
(literary) dawn / daybreak / impartial and astute
lumen (unit of light flux) (loanword)
(botany) cassia
flourishing; thriving
not clear / unknown / to fail to understand
unaccounted / unknown whereabouts
wise / brilliant
translucent / semitransparent
Classical Chinese name for planet Venus in the east before dawn
enlightened sage / brilliant master (flattering words applied to ruler)
unidentified origin / no-one knows where it comes from / of dubious background
to show one's colors / to have a clear-cut stand (idiom)
deities / gods
courtesy name of Zhuge Liang 諸葛亮|诸葛亮
detailed accounting
to list / to specify
to be well aware
to show clearly / to designate / to indicate
enlightened / open-minded / enlightenment
(idiom) of unknown origin; of dubious background
brightly lit
dawn / daybreak
to explain
joint declaration
obvious; evident; conspicuous; prominent; distinct; apparent
to declare
birth certificate / CL: 張|张
(idiom) to think oneself clever
foresight
to point out
as rivers Jing and Wei separate clearly (idiom) / to be entirely different
to mark / to indicate
highly intelligent; brilliant
to make a clear difference between what one likes and what one hates / to have well-defined likes and dislikes
Wyoming, US state
in support or witness hereof (idiom)
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
to explain clearly / to elucidate
Ho Chi Minh (1890-1969), former Vietnamese leader / see also 胡志明市
to consolidate and clarify
at dawn
layered; structured; made up of distinct parts
Dongming county in Heze 菏澤|菏泽, Shandong
to ascertain / to identify / to verify (sb's identity etc)
(idiom) exceptionally intelligent
to declare / to aver / to state formally
(idiom) self-knowledge
to distinguish right from wrong (idiom)
to elucidate / to explain clearly / to expound
lit. black and white clearly contrasted (idiom) / fig. unambiguous; black-and-white; in sharp contrast; to distinguish clearly right from wrong
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
brightly lit
to state clearly
wise and capable; sagacious
to clarify / to distinguish / to elucidate
Benjamin (person name)
to illuminate / to open up (a topic)
Al-Amin
avidya (Buddhism) / ignorance / delusion
pine torch
to show clearly
material culture
amphetamine (loanword)
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 hold sb in the same regard as one would a god (idiom)

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