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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
(of a city etc) ablaze with lights
a blacklight; an ultraviolet light
flush-mounted ceiling lamp (loanword)
traffic light
brake light
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
lighthouse / CL:
incandescent light
(vehicle) headlight
traffic light / traffic signal
desk lamp / table lamp
HSK 6
electric light / CL: 盞|盏
HSK 4
flash bulb (photography)
sunlamp
wall lamp / bracket light / CL: 盞|盏
street lamp / street light
HSK 7-9
hanging lamp
streetlight
a fluorescent light; a fluorescent lamp
green light (traffic signal) / (fig.) permission to proceed
HSK 7-9
(lit.) to flash the yellow light / (fig.) to give a warning sign
(stage) lighting / light
HSK 4
lanterns red, wine green (idiom); feasting and pleasure-seeking / debauched and corrupt environment
to run a red light / failing to stop at a red traffic light / (slang) to have sex with a girl while she is menstruating
LED lamp bead; small light bulb
(loanword) neon lights
to turn on the light
early evening when lanterns are first lit
jack-o'-lantern
Diwali (Hindu festival)
light bulb / (slang) unwanted third guest
vehicle light (headlight, turn indicator etc)
ice lantern
red light
HSK 7-9
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 give the green light / to give the go-ahead
blowtorch; blowlamp
gas lamp
red-light district
vehicle turn indicator light
sky lantern (miniature hot-air balloon used during festivals)
safety lamp / safelight
lights
fluorescent tube or light
to light a lamp / to raise a lantern
desk lamp
fluorescent light
headlight (of a vehicle) / headlamp; head torch
bloomers / plus fours / knickerbockers
headlight
headlight
slide projector / overhead projector
riddles written on lanterns (e.g. for the Lantern Festival at the end of Chinese New Year)
(theater) spotlight / followspot
metal halide lamp
filament (in a lightbulb)
to be decorated with lanterns and colored banners (idiom)
HSK 7-9
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
slide (photography, presentation software) / filmstrip / transparency
a portable lamp
lampstand
(textiles) corduroy
to raise a lantern and fight at night (idiom); fig. to work into the night / to burn the midnight oil
arc lamp
high beam (headlights)
(vehicle) headlight
car rear indicator
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *灯* | 灯* | *灯
lamp / light / lantern / CL: 盞|盏
HSK 2
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
HSK 7-9
opera for popular in Sichuan and Yunnan
lantern slides
sky lantern (miniature hot-air balloon used during festivals)
oil lamp
dragon lantern
spotlight
cape gooseberry / Peruvian ground-cherry / Physalis peruviana
Chinese enkianthus
quartz halogen lamp
miner's lamp / mining light
brightly lit
fluorescent light
spirit lamp
cover of lamp / lampshade / glass cover of oil 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
lighthouse keeper

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