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HSK
tomorrow
HSK 1
star; celebrity
HSK 2
clear-cut; definite; explicit / to clarify; to specify; to make definite
HSK 3
next year
HSK 1
clear; obvious; unequivocal / sensible; reasonable / to understand; to realize
HSK 1
obviously / plainly / undoubtedly / definitely
HSK 5
bright / shining / glittering / to become clear
HSK 5
clear / distinct / obvious
HSK 3
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
expressly stipulated (in writing)
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *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
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *明* | 明* | *明
bright / opposite: dark / (of meaning) clear / to understand / next / public or open / wise / generic term for a sacrifice to the gods
see you tomorrow / (coll., jocular) food that passes through the digestive system more or less intact (esp. enoki mushrooms)
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
late Ming and early Qing / around the middle of the 17th century
Meiji Restoration (Japan, 1868)
to decree
sensible / reasonable / an obvious reason, truth or fact / to understand the reason or reasoning
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
a wise man looks after his own hide (idiom) / to put one's own safety before matters of principle
(idiom) to kick sb upstairs
Manichaeism
clear and detailed / definite / details (are as follows:)
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
bright and beautiful / (of a landscape) gorgeous / (of a color) vibrant
Ming Pao newspaper (Hong Kong)
Minnesota, USA
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
openly and without fear / brazenly
to have bright eyes and white teeth
highest virtue / illustrious virtue
publicly; outwardly; professedly
to demonstrate one's sincere convictions
to state in writing (laws, rules etc)
perspicacious person / sb with a discerning eye / sighted person (as opposed to blind)
(idiom) to fight openly and maneuver covertly
Minnesota
both covert and undercover (officers) keeping watch (idiom)
both publicly and privately; both overtly and secretly; both explicitly and implicitly
(coll.) tomorrow / one of these days / some day
shining / bright
open enquiries and secret search (idiom); to investigate openly and in secret / taking information from all sides
to understand clearly / to be clear about / plain / clear / also written 明瞭|明了
to be fully aware of / to know perfectly well
postcard
(coll.) tomorrow
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
"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
prawn
open enquiries and secret search (idiom); to investigate openly and in secret / taking information from all sides
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
clear; well-defined; limpid
Ming Dynasty (1368-1644)
tomorrow morning / the following morning
to distinguish right and wrong (idiom)
intelligent / brilliant
sensible act
to flicker / to flash on and off / to brighten and fade
evident / clear / undoubted
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
to understand clearly / to be clear about / plain / clear
an honest person does not act surreptitiously (idiom)
to be officially wed
(of style, mood etc) bright; lively; brisk / prompt; decisive
to state explicitly / to clearly indicate
lit. seeing clearly the downy feathers of autumn (idiom, from Mencius) / fig. perceptive of even the finest detail
gelatin
to note clearly / to perceive
white cane (used by the blind)
flame / open fire
perspicacious and impartial in judgment (idiom)
the Ming dynasty (1368-1644)
Mincho / Song font
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
dummy (in bridge)
Middlebury College, private liberal arts college in Middlebury, Vermont
the Ming (1368-1644) and Qing (1644-1911) dynasties
lit. clear window and clean table (idiom); fig. bright and clean (room)
tomorrow morning / tomorrow
Mingxi, a county in Sanming City 三明市, Fujian
see 松明
bright and clean / luminous

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