| | point / dot / drop / speck / o'clock / point (in space or time) / to draw a dot / to check on a list / to choose / to order (food in a restaurant) / to touch briefly / to hint / to light / to ignite / to pour a liquid drop by drop / (old) one fifth of a two-hour watch 更 / dot stroke in Chinese characters / classifier for items | HSK 1 |
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| | to close (a door) / to turn off (light, electrical equipment etc) | HSK 1 |
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| | lamp / light / lantern / CL: 盞|盏 | HSK 2 |
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| | bright; light / to shine; to flash / loud and clear / to show (one's passport etc); to make public (one's views etc) | HSK 2 |
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| | light / easy / gentle / soft / reckless / unimportant / frivolous / small in number / unstressed / neutral / to disparage | HSK 2 |
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| | light / radiance / (fig.) bright (prospects etc) / openhearted | HSK 3 |
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| | light; ray (CL: 道) / bright; shiny / only; merely / used up; finished / to leave (a part of the body) uncovered | HSK 3 |
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| | to press / to push / to leave aside or shelve / to control / to restrain / to keep one's hand on / to check or refer to / according to / in the light of / (of an editor or author) to make a comment | HSK 3 |
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| | to allow / to grant / in accordance with / in the light of | HSK 3 |
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| | according to / in accordance with / in the light of / on the basis of | HSK 3 |
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| | to bind / bunch / bundle / classifier for bunches, bundles, beams of light etc / to control | HSK 3 |
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| | thin / cold in manner / indifferent / weak / light / infertile | HSK 4 |
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| | shallow / light (color) | HSK 4 |
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| | (stage) lighting / light | HSK 4 |
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| | light / gentle / relaxed / effortless / uncomplicated / to relax / to take things less seriously | HSK 4 |
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| | (of trains etc) late / delayed / behind schedule / light dinner | HSK 4 |
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| | insipid / diluted / weak / mild / light in color / tasteless / indifferent / (variant of 氮) nitrogen | HSK 4 |
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| | light ray / CL: 條|条, 道 / light / illumination / lighting (for a photograph) | HSK 5 |
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| | according to; in light of | HSK 5 |
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| | to depend on / to comply with or listen to sb / according to / in the light of | HSK 7-9 |
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| | rays of light / brilliant rays / radiance | HSK 7-9 |
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| | to smear / to wipe / to erase / classifier for wisps of cloud, light-beams etc | HSK 7-9 |
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| | slight / light / trivial / to a small extent | HSK 7-9 |
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| | top scorer in the palace examination (highest rank of the Imperial examination system) / see 榜眼 and 探花 / top scorer in college entrance examination 高考 / (fig.) the most brilliantly talented person in the field / leading light | HSK 7-9 |
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| | green light (traffic signal) / (fig.) permission to proceed | HSK 7-9 |
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| | to ignite / to light a fire / to agitate / to start an engine / ignition / fig. to stir up trouble | HSK 7-9 |
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| | light (machinery, aircraft etc) | HSK 7-9 |
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| | to emit light; to shine; to glow; to glisten; to be luminous | HSK 7-9 |
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| | light refreshments / pastry / dim sum (in Cantonese cooking) / dessert | HSK 7-9 |
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| | to reflect (light) / to shine / to project (an image onto a screen etc) | HSK 7-9 |
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| | to throw (a projectile) / to cast (light) | HSK 7-9 |
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| | lighting / illumination / to light up / to illuminate | HSK 7-9 |
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| | ring of light; halo; (fig.) glory; splendor | HSK 7-9 |
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| | young and tender / (of food) tender; lightly cooked / (of color) light / (of a person) inexperienced; unskilled | HSK 7-9 |
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| | red light | HSK 7-9 |
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| | the first light of dawn / (fig.) glimmer of hope after a dark period; a new beginning | HSK 7-9 |
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| | light (of food, not greasy or strongly flavored) / insipid / slack (sales) | HSK 7-9 |
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| | light bulb / see also 電燈泡|电灯泡 / third-wheel or unwanted third party spoiling a couple's date (slang) / CL: 個|个 | HSK 7-9 |
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| | to expose / to bring to light / to disclose / revelation | HSK 7-9 |
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| | street lamp / street light | HSK 7-9 |
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| | to light / to set off (firecrackers etc) | HSK 7-9 |
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| | lit. as the water recedes, the rocks appear (idiom) / fig. the truth comes to light | HSK 7-9 |
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| | to bask in the light / fig. to benefit from association with sb or sth / reflected glory | HSK 7-9 |
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| | at dawn / at first light / first thing in the morning | HSK 7-9 |
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| | light (weight) / frivolous / a philanderer / to scorn / disrespectful | |
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| | light yellow | |
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| | to be published (of art, literary works etc) / to come out / to take shape / to see the light of day | |
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| | light tan (color) / camel-hair color | |
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| | (coll.) piece of light artillery such as a mortar / (fig.) person who speaks boldly and frankly / hot hatch (car) / (also used figuratively with various meanings in other contexts) | |
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| | to ascend in light steps | |
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| | (idiom) to suddenly realize; to suddenly see the light | |
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| | to grow light (at daybreak) | |
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| | to burn / to ignite / to light / fig. to spark off (hopes) / to start (debate) / to raise (hopes) | |
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| | electric light socket / burner (component of a kerosene lamp) / light (as a countable item, e.g. number of lights fitted in a house) | |
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| | to illuminate / to light up / lighting | |
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| | light rain / drizzle | |
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| | light of firefly / fairy light | |
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| | vehicle light (headlight, turn indicator etc) | |
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| | to be in a poor light / to do sth with one's back to the light / to stand in one's own light | |
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| | to make a fire; to light a fire | |
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| | light of the sun / to dry in the sun | |
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| | light beam / light pillar (atmospheric optics) | |
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| | wall lamp / bracket light / CL: 盞|盏 | |
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| | object of ridicule / laughingstock / to laugh over sth / to make light chat | |
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| | light beam | |
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| | electric light / lightning / electro-optical | |
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| | fluorescent light | |
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| | light energy (e.g. solar) | |
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| | light rail; transit system (underground, at street level or elevated); streetcar; metro (abbr. for 輕型軌道交通|轻型轨道交通) | |
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| | light-year | |
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| | to shine on / to light up / to irradiate | |
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| | to get natural light (e.g. through a window) | |
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| | eye-opening ceremony for a religious idol (Buddhism) / to consecrate / to bless / transparent / translucent / haircut / shaving the head or face (humorous) / a method of decoration / first light (astronomy) | |
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| | divine light (around the Buddha) / a halo / a miraculous column of light / (slang) jolly good! | |
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| | bright light | |
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| | to focus light (e.g. in theater) / to spotlight | |
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| | tail light (on vehicle) | |
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| | to light a lamp | |
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| | light makeup | |
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| | buoy / channel marker / signal light | |
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| | bright light / to sparkle | |
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| | to light a cigarette | |
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| | light yellow color | |
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| | levitation (of Daoist immortal) / to become as light as a feather and ascend to heaven / (in Daoism) to become immortal / to die / of winged insects, to emerge from the cocoon in adult form / eclosion | |
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| | lumen (unit of light flux) (loanword) | |
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| | to install / to fit (e.g. a light bulb) | |
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| | relevant / to have to do with / (physics) (of light etc) coherent | |
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| | to dissipate everywhere (of light, sound, gas etc) | |
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| | (bound form) material or tool used to light a fire by means of friction or the sun's rays / (bound form) beacon fire (alarm signal in border regions), esp. one lit during daytime to produce smoke | |
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| | light / beam of light / gleam of light / light reflected from an object | |
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| | light source | |
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| | (literary) fair-skinned; of light complexion | |
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| | to ignite; to set fire to; to light / (chemistry) ignition point; combustion point | |
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| | colored light | |
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| | lit. light breeze and clear moon (idiom) / period of peace and prosperity / noble and benevolent character | |
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| | quietly / softly / neutral tone / light stress | |
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| | polarized light | |
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| | light and quick / brisk / spry / lively / effortless / relaxed / agile / blithe | |
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