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HSK
electric light / CL: 盞|盏
HSK 4
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  *灯* | 灯* | *灯
lamp / light / lantern / CL: 盞|盏
HSK 2
desk lamp / table lamp
HSK 6
only the official is allowed to light the fire / Gods may do what cattle may not / quod licet Iovi, non licet bovi
signal light / car indicator
street lamp / street light
HSK 7-9
a blacklight; an ultraviolet light
green light (traffic signal) / (fig.) permission to proceed
HSK 7-9
flush-mounted ceiling lamp (loanword)
traffic light
brake light
incandescent light
(vehicle) headlight
red light
HSK 7-9
traffic light / traffic signal
flash bulb (photography)
sunlamp
wall lamp / bracket light / CL: 盞|盏
hanging lamp
streetlight
a fluorescent light; a fluorescent lamp
(lit.) to flash the yellow light / (fig.) to give a warning sign
to run a red light / failing to stop at a red traffic light / (slang) to have sex with a girl while she is menstruating
(loanword) neon lights
to turn on the light
jack-o'-lantern
vehicle light (headlight, turn indicator etc)
ice lantern
to give the green light / to give the go-ahead
blowtorch; blowlamp
gas lamp
vehicle turn indicator light
sky lantern (miniature hot-air balloon used during festivals)
safety lamp / safelight
fluorescent tube or light
to light a lamp / to raise a lantern
desk lamp
headlight (of a vehicle) / headlamp; head torch
headlight
headlight
(theater) spotlight / followspot
metal halide lamp
fluorescent light
floodlight
turn out the lights / lights out
(slang) (fig.) to court death (derived from 找死 via its near homophone 照屎)
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)
hazard lights
a portable lamp
arc lamp
high beam (headlights)
(vehicle) headlight
car rear indicator
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
tail light (on vehicle)
mercury-vapor lamp
to turn on a light; (of a light) to light up
lantern slides
sky lantern (miniature hot-air balloon used during festivals)
oil lamp
dragon lantern
spotlight
quartz halogen lamp
miner's lamp / mining light
fluorescent light
spirit lamp
dome light (of a taxi etc) / ceiling light (in a room) / interior light (of a car) / light on the top of a mast etc
taillight
floodlight
compact fluorescent lamp (CFL)
kerosene lamp
dark; unlit / a blacklight; an ultraviolet light
spotlight
sb who is easy to deal with
floor lamp
altar lamp burning day and night
car front indicator
headlight
low beam (headlights)
colored lantern (used at Lantern Festival 元宵節|元宵节)
fog lights (of a motor vehicle)
decorated lantern; lantern light
mercury-vapor lamp
Bunsen burner
searchlight
barn lantern / kerosene lamp
to light a lamp
Zhu Hongdeng, one of the leaders of the Boxer Rebellion
to hold a lamp / to light a lamp
beacon light / beacon
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
to pass on the light of Buddha
lamp / turn signal
Taiwan variant of 熒光燈|荧光灯


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