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日光rìguāngsunlight日出rìchūsunrise日落rìluòsunset日期rìqīcalendar date生日shēngrìbirthday日常rìchángdaily; everyday月亮yuèliangthe moon月光yuèguāngmoonlight月餅yuèbǐngmooncake月份yuèfènmonth一月yī yuèJanuary; first month月薪yuèxīnmonthly pay樹木shùmùtrees草木cǎomùvegetation; plants木材mùcáiwood; timber木頭mùtouwood; a piece of wood木匠mùjiàngcarpenter麻木mámùnumb; unresponsive樹林shù línwoods; a grove森林sēn línforest林地lín dìwoodland林業lín yèforestry森然sēn rándense; imposing森嚴sēn yánstrict; tightly guarded陰森yīn sēngloomy; eerie河水héshuǐriver water清水qīngshuǐclear water開水kāishuǐboiled or boiling water水面shuǐmiànwater surface水果shuǐguǒfruit水平shuǐpínglevel; standard; horizontal人口rénkǒupopulation人們rénmenpeople人類rénlèihumanity; the human species家人jiārénfamily member; family工人gōngrénworker別人biérenother people; someone else心臟xīnzàngthe heart (organ)中心zhōngxīncenter; core心情xīnqíngmood; state of mind小心xiǎoxīnbe careful關心guānxīncare about; be concerned about決心juéxīndetermination; resolve語言yǔyánlanguage言語yányǔwords; speech名言míngyánwell-known saying謊言huǎngyána lie發言fāyánto speak; make a statement留言liúyánleave a message; a message青色qīngsèblue-green; cyan青草qīngcǎogreen grass青山qīngshāngreen hills青菜qīngcàigreen vegetables青年qīngniányoung people; youth青春qīngchūnyouth; youthfulness清潔qīngjiéclean; to clean清理qīnglǐtidy up; clear away清楚qīngchuclear; understand clearly清醒qīngxǐngawake; clear-headed清朝Qīngcháothe Qing dynasty情感qíng gǎnfeeling; emotion心情xīn qíngmood; frame of mind愛情ài qíngromantic love情況qíng kuàngsituation; circumstances
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光明 · guāngmíng

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Mandarin · pinyin guāng míng

Meanings

  1. light
  2. radiance
  3. (fig.) bright (prospects etc)
  4. openhearted
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guāng · light, brilliant, shine; only
明
míng · bright, light, brilliant; clear
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