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light / radiance / (fig.) bright (prospects etc) / openhearted
HSK 3
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light; ray (CL:) / bright; shiny / only; merely / used up; finished / to leave (a part of the body) uncovered
HSK 3
(formal) to honor with one's presence / to attend
HSK 4
compact disc (CD); DVD; CD-ROM / CL: , 張|张
HSK 4
light ray / CL: 條|条, / light / illumination / lighting (for a photograph)
HSK 5
honor and glory / glorious
HSK 5
radiance / glory / brilliant / magnificent
HSK 6
luster / gloss
HSK 7-9
rays of light / brilliant rays / radiance
HSK 7-9
optical disc / compact disc / CD / CD-ROM / CL: , 張|张
HSK 7-9
glossy; sleek; smooth
HSK 7-9
to visit (as a customer)
HSK 7-9
ring of light; halo; (fig.) glory; splendor
HSK 7-9
luster / splendor / radiance / brilliance
HSK 7-9
optical cable
HSK 7-9
open and candid (idiom); straightforward and upright
HSK 7-9
illuminance (physics)
photovoltaic device (e.g. solar cell)
Guangxu Emperor
Guangshan, a county in Xinyang City 信陽市|信阳市, Henan
Guangzhou, old name for Huangchuan 潢川 in Xinyang 信陽|信阳, Henan / Gwangju Metropolitan City, capital of South Jeolla Province 全羅南道|全罗南道, South Korea
dazzling / brilliant
optical fiber
Guangming, a district of Shenzhen City 深圳市, Guangdong
splendid / magnificent / abbr. for 中國光大銀行|中国光大银行, China Everbright Bank
time available
light-year
optics
illumination
smooth; slippery
Guangfu or Kuangfu township in Hualien County 花蓮縣|花莲县, east Taiwan
to recover (territory or power) / the liberation of Taiwan from Japanese rule in 1945
opto-isolator (electronics)
Glorious Revolution (England, 1688)
spectral analysis
shaven head / bald head / to go bareheaded / hatless
spectrum
light source
bare upper body / bare-chested / to bare one's chest
photoelectric
(idiom) to be all talk and no action; to preach what one does not practice
optical detector
optical fiber / fiber optics
optical attenuation
(physics) light cone
luminosity
Hanukkah (Chanukah), 8 day Jewish holiday starting on the 25th day of Kislev (can occur from late Nov up to late Dec on Gregorian calendar) / also called 哈努卡節|哈努卡节 and simply 哈努卡
light pollution (Tw)
reign name of penultimate Qing emperor Guangxu or Guang-hsu (1875-1908)
bright
gangster; hoodlum / bachelor; single man / (dialect) wise person; astute person
photoelectron
bright and neat
halo / (photography) halation
photon (particle physics)
(of a person) honorable; not devious / (of a behavior) fair and aboveboard; without tricks; openly / (of a situation) out in the open
monstrous and multicolored / grotesque and variegated
photosynthesis
bald; bare (no hair, no leaves, no vegetation etc)
aperture / diaphragm / halo / aureole
commander without any soldiers; (fig.) leader without a team; solo entrepreneur
(idiom) boundless radiance; splendor
dazzling / brilliant
all talk and no action (idiom) / to preach what one does not practice / same as 光說不做|光说不做
spectrometer; spectrograph
glossy / lustrous / sleek
light radiation
splendor shines on the family's door (idiom) / fig. to bring honor to one's family
bright and colorful; gorgeous
time flies like an arrow (idiom); How time flies!
photoelectric effect
bright and clean
optical instrument
lit. light breeze and clear moon (idiom) / period of peace and prosperity / noble and benevolent character
photochemistry
optical character recognition (OCR)
photosynthesis
honor roll
abbr. for 光耦合器
light beam / light pillar (atmospheric optics)
light beam
light energy (e.g. solar)
the full light of day (idiom) / fig. peace and prosperity / in broad daylight
Guangze, a county in Nanping City 南平市, Fujian
Fiber Distributed Data Interface (FDDI)
photochemical effect / photosynthesis / photolysis
to bring honor to one's ancestors
anti-Qing revolutionary party set up in 1904 under Cai Yuanpei 蔡元培 / aka 復古會|复古会
CD or DVD drive / abbr. to 光驅|光驱
light wave
magneto-optical disk / floptical disk
(mineralogy) carnallite
photosensitive
facula (astronomy)
light and shadow / sunlight and shade
photolithography
magneto-optical drive / floptical drive
quantity of light / luminosity

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