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耀

Mandarin · pinyin yào

brilliant
glorious

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耀: yào · shine, sparkle, dazzle; glory

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character · Etymology 1

(now in compounds) to shine brightly, illuminate; to dazzle
(now in compounds) rays of light, radiance
(now in compounds) glory, honor; to bring glory to
(literary) to show, display, manifest
(now in compounds) to show off, flaunt, boast
(literary) to bewilder, confuse
(～州) (historical) A former prefecture established in the Tang dynasty, of which the seat of government was located in what is now Yaozhou district, Tongchuan, Shaanxi
a surname, Yao
(alt-of, obsolete) obsolete form of 曜 (“one of the seven luminaries”)

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