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HSK
clear; obvious; unequivocal / sensible; reasonable / to understand; to realize
HSK 1
next year
HSK 1
tomorrow
HSK 1
to explain / to illustrate / to indicate / to show / to prove / explanation / directions / caption / CL: 個|个
HSK 2
star; celebrity
HSK 2
proof / certificate / identification / testimonial / CL: 個|个 / to prove / to testify / to confirm the truth of
HSK 3
to state / to declare / statement / declaration / CL: 項|项,
HSK 3
clear / distinct / obvious
HSK 3
to invent / an invention / CL: 個|个
HSK 3
to make clear / to make known / to state clearly / to indicate / known
HSK 3
clear-cut; definite; explicit / to clarify; to specify; to make definite
HSK 3
civilized / civilization / culture / CL: 個|个
HSK 3
light / radiance / (fig.) bright (prospects etc) / openhearted
HSK 3
transparent / (fig.) transparent; open to scrutiny
HSK 4
(of colors) bright; fresh and clear / clear-cut; distinct
HSK 4
bright / shining / glittering / to become clear
HSK 5
intelligent; clever; bright / acute (of sight and hearing)
HSK 5
obviously / plainly / undoubtedly / definitely
HSK 5
(technical) manual / (book of) directions / synopsis (of a play or film) / specification (patent) / CL:
HSK 6
Qingming or Pure Brightness Festival or Tomb Sweeping Day, celebration for the dead (in early April)
HSK 6
(loanword) sandwich
HSK 6
tomorrow
HSK 6
clear and bright / sober and calm / (of a government or administration) well ordered
HSK 7-9
dawn; daybreak
HSK 7-9
clear / distinct / evidently / clearly
HSK 7-9
sensible / wise / judicious / sagacious
HSK 7-9
to lose one's eyesight / to become blind / blindness
HSK 7-9
lighting / illumination / to light up / to illuminate
HSK 7-9
brilliant; superior; wise
HSK 7-9
to investigate and find out / to ascertain
HSK 7-9
astute; shrewd; smart
HSK 7-9
bright and beautiful
HSK 7-9
bright / clear / obvious / forthright / open-minded / bright and cheerful
HSK 7-9
open and candid (idiom); straightforward and upright
HSK 7-9
Qingming or Pure Brightness, 5th of the 24 solar terms 二十四節氣|二十四节气 5th-19th April / Pure Brightness Festival or Tomb Sweeping Day (in early April)
bright moon / refers to 夜明珠, a legendary pearl that can glow in the dark / CL: 輪|轮
unaccounted / unknown whereabouts
intelligent / brilliant
Songming county in Kunming 昆明, Yunnan
Nanming District of Guiyang City 貴陽市|贵阳市, Guizhou
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Ming Dynasty (1368-1644) / surname Ming / Ming (c. 2000 BC), fourth of the legendary Flame Emperors, 炎帝 descended from Shennong 神農|神农 Farmer God
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bright / opposite: dark / (of meaning) clear / to understand / next / public or open / wise / generic term for a sacrifice to the gods
Yangming district of Mudanjiang city 牡丹江市, Heilongjiang
Minneapolis, a nameplace in the USA, notably in Minnesota
to demonstrate one's sincere convictions
Ho Chi Minh City a.k.a. Saigon, Vietnam
Wyoming, US state
to restore the Ming dynasty
to regain one's eyesight / (astronomy) emersion
to ascertain / to verify
postcard
(literary) dawn / daybreak / impartial and astute
pearl / jewel (of great value)
(coll.) tomorrow
Ernest Hemingway (1899-1961), American novelist and journalist
Siming, a district of Xiamen 廈門市|厦门市, Fujian
certificate
to state explicitly / to clearly indicate
not clear / unknown / to fail to understand
Kunming, prefecture-level city and capital of Yunnan Province 雲南省|云南省
the Ming (1368-1644) and Qing (1644-1911) dynasties
to be fully aware of / to know perfectly well
Ming Dynasty (1368-1644)
tomorrow morning / the following morning
non-secret code (such as Morse code, Chinese telegraph code, ASCII etc) / plaintext (cryptography) / (of prices) clearly marked
Siming, a district of Xiamen 廈門市|厦门市, Fujian
wise / brilliant
translucent / semitransparent
Minnesota, USA
to understand clearly / to be clear about / plain / clear
clear and detailed / definite / details (are as follows:)
Classical Chinese name for planet Venus in the east before dawn
lumen (unit of light flux) (loanword)
inventor
Gaoming, a district of Foshan 佛山市, Guangdong
(idiom) bright; clever; quick-witted
Akihito, personal name of the Heisei 平成 emperor of Japan (1933-), reigned 1989-2019
highest virtue / illustrious virtue
dawn / daybreak
deities / gods
courtesy name of Zhuge Liang 諸葛亮|诸葛亮
simple and clear / concise
Mt Yangming in Hunan / Mt Yangming in north Taiwan, near Taibei
detailed accounting
alum
(coll.) some day / one of these days
please find sb better qualified than me (idiom)
to clearly indicate
to list / to specify
unidentified origin / no-one knows where it comes from / of dubious background
to be well aware
to show clearly / to designate / to indicate
enlightened / open-minded / enlightenment
Yuanmingyuan, the Old Summer Palace, destroyed by the British and French army in 1860
(idiom) of unknown origin; of dubious background
(Tw) Dominican Republic
Meiji, Japanese era name, corresponding to the reign (1868-1912) of the Meiji emperor
(of a person) honorable; not devious / (of a behavior) fair and aboveboard; without tricks; openly / (of a situation) out in the open
intelligent and capable (idiom)

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