光通量

Mandarin · pinyin guāng tōng liàng

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  1. luminous flux (physics)
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光
guāng · light, brilliant, shine; only
通
tōng · pass through; common; communicate
量
liàng · measure, quantity, capacity
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1–1–4 · guang1 tong1 liang4

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