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名家míng jiārenowned expert; master (of an art or craft)蓂莢míng jiá(mythology) auspicious plant whose leaves were said to grow and fall in a cycle marking the days of the month名將míng jiàngfamous general; (sports) renowned athlete名韁利鎖míng jiāng lì suǒ(idiom) the shackles of fame and fortune名叫míng jiàocalled; named明教Míng jiàoManichaeism明皎míng jiǎoclear and bright明膠míng jiāogelatin鳴叫míng jiàoto emit a sound; (of birds, insects etc) to chirp, hoot etc; (of a siren, steam whistle etc) to sound鳴角鴞Míng jiǎo xiāoScreech-owl (genus Megascops, a.k.a. Otus)冥界míng jièghost world名節míng jiéreputation and integrity名鞿利鞚míng jī lì kòngsee 名韁利鎖|名缰利锁[ming2 jiang1 li4 suo3]鳴金míng jīnto beat a gong; to sound the retreat明淨míng jìngbright and clean; luminous明鏡míng jìngmirror (as a metaphor for sth beautiful, bright and flat – such as a lake – or sth that provides clarity and insight)明鏡Míng jìngDer Spiegel眳睛míng jīngunhappy; dissatisfied明鏡高懸míng jìng gāo xuánperspicacious and impartial in judgment (idiom)鳴金收兵míng jīn shōu bīngto beat the gong to recall troops (idiom); to order a retreat鳴金收軍míng jīn shōu jūnsee 鳴金收兵|鸣金收兵[ming2 jin1 shou1 bing1]名酒míng jiǔa famous wine鳴鳩míng jiūturtledove名句míng jùoft-quoted phrase; famous line名爵Míng juéMG Motor (car manufacturer)名角míng juéfamous actor名角兒míng jué rerhua variant of 名角[ming2 jue2]銘刻míng kèa carved inscription命苦mìng kǔto be born under an ill star明快míng kuài(of style, mood etc) bright; lively; brisk; prompt; decisive明朗míng lǎngbright; clear; obvious; forthright; open-minded; bright and cheerful名利míng lìfame and profit命理mìng lǐthe traditional Chinese study of fate and fortune, using methods such as birth-date analysis, physiognomy, name analysis, feng shui etc; fortune-telling based on these methods明理míng lǐsensible; reasonable; an obvious reason, truth or fact; to understand the reason or reasoning明里míng lipublicly; outwardly; professedly明麗míng lìbright and beautiful; (of a landscape) gorgeous; (of a color) vibrant明戀míng liàn(slang) to openly express or pursue romantic interest in sb (as opposed to 暗戀|暗恋[an4 lian4])明亮míng liàngbright; shining; glittering; to become clear名量詞míng liàng cínominal classifier (in Chinese grammar); measure word applying mainly to nouns明裡暗裡míng lǐ àn lǐboth publicly and privately; both overtly and secretly; both explicitly and implicitly明了míng liǎovariant of 明瞭|明了[ming2 liao3]明瞭míng liǎoto understand; to be clear about; clear; comprehensible名利場Míng lì chǎngVanity Fair (novel and magazine title)名利場míng lì chǎngcompetitive environment where individuals vie for recognition and material gain名列míng lièto rank (number 1, or third last etc); to be among (those who are in a particular group)名列前茅míng liè qián máoto rank among the best名伶míng língfamous actor or actress (Chinese opera)命令mìng lìngorder; command; CL:道[dao4],個|个[ge4]明令míng lìngto decree螟蛉míng línggreen rice caterpillar or similar insect larva; adopted son (Etymology: Wasps of a particular species take caterpillars to their nest as food for their offspring, but it was mistakenly believed that the wasps were raising the caterpillars as their own young.)命令行mìng lìng háng(computing) command line命令句mìng lìng jùimperative sentence命令列mìng lìng liècommand line (computing) (Tw)螟蛉子míng líng zǐadopted son名利雙收míng lì shuāng shōuboth fame and fortune (idiom); both virtue and reward名流míng liúgentry; celebrities命理學mìng lǐ xuédivination; divinatory art名錄míng lùdirectory名錄服務míng lù fú wùname service鳴鑼míng luóto beat a gong鳴鑼開道míng luó kāi dàoto beat the gong to clear the way; (fig.) to pave the way for sth名落孫山míng luò Sūn Shānlit. to fall behind Sun Shan 孫山|孙山[Sun1 Shan1] (who came last in the imperial examination) (idiom); fig. to fail an exam; to fall behind (in a competition)明碼míng mǎnon-secret code (such as Morse code, Chinese telegraph code, ASCII etc); plaintext (cryptography); (of prices) clearly marked命脈mìng màilifeline