煥發

简 焕发 · 繁 煥發
Mandarin · pinyin huàn fā

Meanings

  1. to shine
  2. to glow
  3. to irradiate
  4. to flash
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煥
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發
fā · issue, dispatch, send out, emit
焕
huàn · shining
发
fā · issue, dispatch, send out; hair
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4–1 · huan4 fa1

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verb

  1. to shine; to glow; to irradiate
  2. (figurative) to display vigour; to radiate (a sense of...)

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