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光明
guāngmíng
1. light
2. illumination
3. radiance (esp. glory of Buddha etc)
4. fig. bright prospects
5. openhearted
HSK 5 Very Common • Top 4%

Character Breakdown

光
guāng
light; bright, brilliant; only, merely
HSK 4 6 丶
明
míng
bright, clear; to explain, to understand, to shed light
HSK 1 8 丶

Compound Words (10)

光明星
guāngmíngxīng
bright star
光明节
Guāngmíngjié
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)
光明新区
Guāngmíngxīnqū
New Guangming district of Shenzhen City [[深圳市<Shēnzhènshì>]], Guangdong
光明日报
GuāngmíngRìbào
Guangming Daily, a Beijing newspaper
光明正大
guāngmíngzhèngdà
just and honorable
光明磊落
guāngmínglěiluò
open and candid (idiom); straightforward and upright
大放光明
dàfàngguāngmíng
great release of light (idiom)
春光明媚
chūnguāngmíngmèi
lovely spring sunshine
正大光明
zhèngdàguāngmíng
just and honorable
阳光明媚
yángguāngmíngmèi
the sun shines brightly (idiom)

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