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light; ray (CL:) / bright; shiny / only; merely / used up; finished / to leave (a part of the body) uncovered
HSK 3
sunshine / (of personality) upbeat; energetic / transparent (open to public scrutiny)
HSK 3
not the only one / not only
HSK 3
(stage) lighting / light
HSK 4
scene / view / sight / landscape / to be well-regarded / to be well-off / grand (dialect) / impressive (dialect)
HSK 5
gaze; (fig.) attention / expression in one's eyes; look / (lit. and fig.) sight; vision
HSK 5
time / era / period of time
HSK 5
gaze / insight / foresight / vision / way of looking at things
HSK 5
to tour / sightseeing / tourism
HSK 6
laser
HSK 7-9
to expose (photography) / (fig.) to expose (a scandal) / (advertising) exposure / Taiwan pr. [pu4 guang1]
HSK 7-9
to emit light; to shine; to glow; to glisten; to be luminous
HSK 7-9
fluorescence / fluorescent
HSK 7-9
a slap on the face / CL: 記|记
HSK 7-9
the first light of dawn / (fig.) glimmer of hope after a dark period; a new beginning
HSK 7-9
to win an honor / to strive to win a prize
HSK 7-9
to bask in the light / fig. to benefit from association with sb or sth / reflected glory
HSK 7-9
X-ray
Shouguang, county-level city in Weifang 濰坊|潍坊, Shandong
moonlight
starlight
aurora (meteorology)
to polish; to burnish
Ricoh, Japanese imaging and electronics company
to recover one's sight / (fig.) to recover (lost territories)
to be in a poor light / to do sth with one's back to the light / to stand in one's own light
scenes of springtime / the radiance of spring / (fig.) a sight of sth sexy or erotic / an indication of a love affair
glimmer
electric light / lightning / electro-optical
glory
Dongguang county in Cangzhou 滄州|沧州, Hebei
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)
divine light (around the Buddha) / a halo / a miraculous column of light / (slang) jolly good!
luminous
matte / non-glossy
to focus light (e.g. in theater) / to spotlight
reign name of Qing emperor (1821-1850)
flame / blaze
Buddha's teachings / aura (around the head of Buddha)
light / beam of light / gleam of light / light reflected from an object
flash
colored light
out of (supply) / spent / exhausted (used up) / depleted
polarized light
bright / shiny / smooth / naked / bald / penniless
refraction
refraction
to reflect light
light-sensitive
astigmatism
to diffuse light
to expose oneself / to be completely gone
polarization of light / polarized light
backlighting (lighting design)
glossy / gleaming / shiny (due to greasiness) / slick / greasy / oily
to strip naked / to strip nude / (coll.) to find oneself a partner
candle light / candle-lit (vigil etc) / candela, unit of luminous intensity (cd)
sunlight
silvery light / bright white light / shining white light
to polish
the sun, the moon, and the stars
to get natural light (e.g. through a window)
multicolored sunlight of sunrise or sunset
optometry / to examine the eyes
gleaming reflection of waves in sunlight
to add luster / to add glory
transparent / translucent
Mingguang, a county-level city in Chuzhou 滁州, Anhui
glistening teardrops
phosphorescence
to drink up / to finish (a drink)
Yangon (Rangoon), city, capital of Myanmar from 1948 to 2006
arc light
excuse me (i.e. let me through, please) / reflected glory / to benefit from sb else's prestige
lit. to pierce the wall to steal a light (idiom) / fig. to study diligently in the face of hardship
to do sb the honor (of attending etc) / to put in an appearance / to show up
short-sighted
nothing left (money, food etc) / all finished / bright and shiny / radiant / glorious
exposure
shiny
Blu-ray (disc format)
(out of) the corner of one's eyes / peripheral vision / residual light / light of the setting sun
Taiwan variant of 熒光|荧光
radiance emanating from the head / halo
(prefix) spectro-
Alkaid; Eta Ursae Majoris in the Big Dipper
(optics) extinction
to spend all one's money
rotation of plane of polarization of light
to squander one's fortune / to dissipate one's wealth
northern lights / aurora borealis
auspicious light
sunlight / (Wu dialect) time of the day / moment
happy time / happy hour (in bars etc)
ultraviolet light
glossy / gleaming / shiny (due to greasiness) / slick / greasy / oily
Sima Guang (1019-1086), politician and historian of Northern Song, author of Comprehensive Mirror for aid in Government 資治通鑒|资治通鉴
Zhou Youguang (1906-2017), PRC linguist, considered the father of Hanyu Pinyin 漢語拼音|汉语拼音
nature and scenery

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