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lamp / light / lantern / CL: 盞|盏
HSK 2
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
turn out the lights / lights out
traffic light / traffic signal
fluorescent light
oil lamp
to turn on a light; (of a light) to light up
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
to hold a lamp / to light a lamp
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)
compact fluorescent lamp (CFL)
green light (traffic signal) / (fig.) permission to proceed
HSK 7-9
brake light
Zhu Hongdeng, one of the leaders of the Boxer Rebellion
hazard lights
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
to light a lamp / to raise a lantern
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
(theater) spotlight / followspot
(loanword) neon lights
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
spirit lamp
a blacklight; an ultraviolet light
sunlamp
hanging lamp
arc lamp
fluorescent tube or light
to turn on the light
headlight
headlight
floodlight
sb who is easy to deal with
beacon light / beacon
headlight
floor lamp
desk lamp
floodlight
quartz halogen lamp
car front indicator
Bunsen burner
to run a red light / failing to stop at a red traffic light / (slang) to have sex with a girl while she is menstruating
headlight (of a vehicle) / headlamp; head torch
searchlight
fog lights (of a motor vehicle)
to pass on the light of Buddha
dome light (of a taxi etc) / ceiling light (in a room) / interior light (of a car) / light on the top of a mast etc
miner's lamp / mining light
(vehicle) headlight
wall lamp / bracket light / CL: 盞|盏
mercury-vapor lamp
dark; unlit / a blacklight; an ultraviolet light
only the official is allowed to light the fire / Gods may do what cattle may not / quod licet Iovi, non licet bovi
gas lamp
kerosene lamp
mercury-vapor lamp
lamp / turn signal
(slang) (fig.) to court death (derived from 找死 via its near homophone 照屎)
Taiwan variant of 熒光燈|荧光灯
safety lamp / safelight


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