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HSK
(stage) lighting / light
HSK 4
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  *燈* | 燈* | *燈
lamp / light / lantern / CL: 盞|盏
HSK 2
light bulb / see also 電燈泡|电灯泡 / third-wheel or unwanted third party spoiling a couple's date (slang) / CL: 個|个
HSK 7-9
signal light / car indicator
electric light / CL: 盞|盏
HSK 4
barn lantern / kerosene lamp
incandescent light
fluorescent light
street lamp / street light
HSK 7-9
metal halide lamp
desk lamp / table lamp
HSK 6
traffic light
brightly lit
lanterns red, wine green (idiom); feasting and pleasure-seeking / debauched and corrupt environment
turn out the lights / lights out
traffic light / traffic signal
flashing light / indicator light
to be decorated with lanterns and colored banners (idiom)
HSK 7-9
fluorescent light
oil lamp
filament (in a lightbulb)
lantern
HSK 7-9
lampwick
to turn on a light; (of a light) to light up
Raise the Red Lantern (1991), movie by Zhang Yimou 張藝謀|张艺谋
lantern with a carousel of paper horses rotating under convection, used at Lantern Festival 元宵節|元宵节 / (fig.) revolving door; musical chairs (metaphor for people being shuffled around into different jobs)
(lit.) to flash the yellow light / (fig.) to give a warning sign
cover of lamp / lampshade / glass cover of oil lamp
to hold a lamp / to light a lamp
slide (photography, presentation software) / filmstrip / transparency
car rear indicator
blowtorch; blowlamp
taillight
to give the green light / to give the go-ahead
flush-mounted ceiling lamp (loanword)
jack-o'-lantern
sky lantern (miniature hot-air balloon used during festivals)
lighthouse / CL:
compact fluorescent lamp (CFL)
green light (traffic signal) / (fig.) permission to proceed
HSK 7-9
early evening when lanterns are first lit
brake light
Zhu Hongdeng, one of the leaders of the Boxer Rebellion
the spongy, white pulp inside the stem of rush plants, used as a wick for oil lamps
hazard lights
(dialect) match (for lighting fire)
Diwali (Hindu festival)
LED lamp bead; small light bulb
Chinese enkianthus
electric light socket / burner (component of a kerosene lamp) / light (as a countable item, e.g. number of lights fitted in a house)
lighted buoy / channel marking light / signal light
lantern with a carousel of paper horses rotating under convection, used at Lantern Festival 元宵節|元宵节 / chaser lights / self-scrolling horizontal text display, such as a news ticker
(vehicle) headlight
low beam (headlights)
altar lamp burning day and night
flash bulb (photography)
to light a lamp
a fluorescent light; a fluorescent lamp
lit. to blow out the lamp and put out the candle (idiom) / fig. to die / to bite the dust / to be over and done with
to light a lamp / to raise a lantern
red-light district
vehicle turn indicator light
lantern slides
decorated lantern; lantern light
streetlight
vehicle light (headlight, turn indicator etc)
spotlight
spotlight
tail light (on vehicle)
a portable lamp
colored lantern (used at Lantern Festival 元宵節|元宵节)
high beam (headlights)
red light
HSK 7-9
dragon lantern
fluorescent light
(theater) spotlight / followspot
pitch dark / also written 黑燈瞎火|黑灯瞎火
(loanword) neon lights
carnival during the Lantern Festival, with lantern displays and traditional folk performances such as stilt walking and lion dance
sky lantern (miniature hot-air balloon used during festivals)
ice lantern
Lamp in the Side Street, novel by Qing dynasty writer Li Lüyuan 李綠園|李绿园 / also written 岐路燈|岐路灯
lights
spirit lamp
a blacklight; an ultraviolet light
moth
sunlamp
Spring lantern riddles (guessing game at Lantern Festival 元宵節|元宵节, at the end of Spring festival 春節|春节)
light bulb / (slang) unwanted third guest
hanging lamp
arc lamp
lamp wick
fluorescent tube or light
The Legend of the Red Lantern
opera for popular in Sichuan and Yunnan
to turn on the light
headlight
headlight
floodlight
pitch dark

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