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HSK
tomorrow
HSK 1
star; celebrity
HSK 2
clear / distinct / obvious
HSK 3
next year
HSK 1
clear; obvious; unequivocal / sensible; reasonable / to understand; to realize
HSK 1
clear-cut; definite; explicit / to clarify; to specify; to make definite
HSK 3
obviously / plainly / undoubtedly / definitely
HSK 5
bright / shining / glittering / to become clear
HSK 5
bright / clear / obvious / forthright / open-minded / bright and cheerful
HSK 7-9
tomorrow
HSK 6
Ming Taizu, temple name of first Ming emperor Hongwu 洪武
open drainage channel; ditch
lit. easy to dodge the spear in the open, hard to avoid a stab in the dark (idiom); it is hard to guard against secret conspiracies
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  *明* | 明* | *明
Ming Dynasty (1368–1644) / surname Ming / Ming (c. 2000 BC), fourth of the legendary Flame Emperors, 炎帝 descended from Shennong 神農|神农 Farmer God
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  *明* | 明* | *明
bright / opposite: dark / (of meaning) clear / to understand / next / public or open / wise / generic term for a sacrifice to the gods
bright moon / refers to 夜明珠, a legendary pearl that can glow in the dark / CL: 輪|轮
History of the Ming Dynasty, twenty fourth of the 24 dynastic histories 二十四史, compiled under Zhang Tingyu 張廷玉|张廷玉 in 1739 during the Qing Dynasty, 332 scrolls
Ming Pao newspaper (Hong Kong)
late Ming and early Qing / around the middle of the 17th century
to decree
sensible / reasonable / an obvious reason, truth or fact / to understand the reason or reasoning
openly and without fear / brazenly
to cast pearls before swine (idiom) / not to get proper recognition for one's talents
Ming Chengzu, temple name of third Ming Emperor Yongle 永樂|永乐
bright and beautiful
HSK 7-9
sensible / wise / judicious / sagacious
HSK 7-9
(idiom) to ask a question, already knowing the answer
Mingshan, a district of Benxi City 本溪市, Liaoning
a wise man looks after his own hide (idiom) / to put one's own safety before matters of principle
bright and clean / luminous
clear place / out in the open
see you tomorrow / (coll., jocular) food that passes through the digestive system more or less intact (esp. enoki mushrooms)
non-secret code (such as Morse code, Chinese telegraph code, ASCII etc) / plaintext (cryptography) / (of prices) clearly marked
(idiom) to kick sb upstairs
Manichaeism
gelatin
clear and detailed / definite / details (are as follows:)
lit. repair the plank road by day while secretly crossing the Wei River 渭河 at Chencang (idiom, refers to a stratagem used by Liu Bang 劉邦|刘邦 in 206 BC against Xiang Yu 項羽|项羽 of Chu) / fig. to feign one thing while doing another / to cheat under cover of a diversion
simile
Ming Wuzong, temple name of eleventh Ming emperor Zhengde 正德
lit. to willfully go towards the mountain although knowing that it has tigers (idiom) / fig. to take a risk despite knowing the dangers
exposed lock; external lock (e.g. padlock or surface-mounted latch) (contrasted with 暗鎖|暗锁 "built-in lock")
highest virtue / illustrious virtue
publicly; outwardly; professedly
to demonstrate one's sincere convictions
to state in writing (laws, rules etc)
(idiom) to fight openly and maneuver covertly
perspicacious person / sb with a discerning eye / sighted person (as opposed to blind)
schedule / subsidiary ledger / a detailed list
(coll.) tomorrow / one of these days / some day
perspicacious and impartial in judgment (idiom)
shining / bright
to understand clearly / to be clear about / plain / clear / also written 明瞭|明了
expressly stipulated (in writing)
to understand clearly / to be clear about / plain / clear
to be fully aware of / to know perfectly well
postcard
Minghe, rail station in South Taiwan / Meiwa (Japanese reign name 1764-1772) / Meiwa (common name for Japanese companies or schools)
deliberate violation (idiom); intentional crime
both covert and undercover (officers) keeping watch (idiom)
clear; well-defined; limpid
Ming Dynasty (1368-1644)
tomorrow morning / the following morning
to distinguish right and wrong (idiom)
Der Spiegel
mirror (as a metaphor for sth beautiful, bright and flat – such as a lake – or sth that provides clarity and insight)
Ming Veritable Records, imperial annals of the emperors of the Ming Dynasty
Minnesota, USA
intelligent / brilliant
Mingshui, a county in Suihua City 綏化市|绥化市, Heilongjiang
tomorrow evening
Ming Renzong, temple name of fourth Ming emperor Zhu Gaochi 朱高熾|朱高炽
temple name of fifth Ming emperor Xuande 宣德
an honest person does not act surreptitiously (idiom)
Bengkulu (Indonesian town on the south coast of Sumatra)
to be officially wed
(of style, mood etc) bright; lively; brisk / prompt; decisive
Mingxi, a county in Sanming City 三明市, Fujian
to state explicitly / to clearly indicate
lit. seeing clearly the downy feathers of autumn (idiom, from Mencius) / fig. perceptive of even the finest detail
evident / clear / undoubted
sensible act
(coll.) tomorrow
to note clearly / to perceive
"transparent kitchen" – a kitchen (in a restaurant, school cafeteria etc) in which food preparation processes are made visible to customers (by means of transparent glass, live video etc) to promote hygiene and ensure accountability in food safety practices
white cane (used by the blind)
Meiji Restoration (Japan, 1868)
flame / open fire
the Ming dynasty (1368-1644)
Mincho font
lit. easy to dodge the spear in the open, hard to avoid a stab in the dark (idiom); it is hard to guard against secret conspiracies
to have bright eyes and white teeth
bright and beautiful / (of a landscape) gorgeous / (of a color) vibrant
the early Ming (i.e. from second half of 14th century)
late Ming / first half of the 17th century
(open, uncovered) water channel / canal
Ming Xizong, temple name of fifteenth Ming emperor Tianqi 明天啟|明天启

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