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  *灯* | 灯* | *灯
lamp / light / lantern / CL: 盞|盏
HSK 2
electric light / CL: 盞|盏
HSK 4
desk lamp / table lamp
HSK 6
green light (traffic signal) / (fig.) permission to proceed
HSK 7-9
red light
HSK 7-9
street lamp / street light
HSK 7-9
lantern slides
headlight
vehicle light (headlight, turn indicator etc)
wall lamp / bracket light / CL: 盞|盏
hanging lamp
tail light (on vehicle)
to light a lamp
spotlight
searchlight
a portable lamp
oil lamp
dragon lantern
fog lights (of a motor vehicle)
dome light (of a taxi etc) / ceiling light (in a room) / interior light (of a car) / light on the top of a mast etc
turn out the lights / lights out
colored lantern (used at Lantern Festival 元宵節|元宵节)
to light a lamp / to raise a lantern
headlight
streetlight
taillight
lantern with a carousel of paper horses rotating under convection, used at Lantern Festival 元宵節|元宵节 / chaser lights / self-scrolling horizontal text display, such as a news ticker
gas lamp
ice lantern
miner's lamp / mining light
floor lamp
to hold a lamp / to light a lamp
decorated lantern; lantern light
barn lantern / kerosene lamp
blowtorch; blowlamp
desk lamp
beacon light / beacon
arc lamp
headlight (of a vehicle) / headlamp; head torch
sunlamp
incandescent light
traffic light / traffic signal
to turn on the light
sky lantern (miniature hot-air balloon used during festivals)
floodlight
flash bulb (photography)
to turn on a light; (of a light) to light up
fluorescent tube or light
floodlight
traffic light
to pass on the light of Buddha
fluorescent lamp / neon lamp
flush-mounted ceiling lamp (loanword)
lamp / turn signal
compact fluorescent lamp (CFL)
neon lamp (loanword)
signal light / car indicator
spotlight
sky lantern (miniature hot-air balloon used during festivals)
vehicle turn indicator light
fluorescent light
(vehicle) headlight
low beam (headlights)
high beam (headlights)
altar lamp burning day and night
headlight
sb who is easy to deal with
(vehicle) headlight
only the official is allowed to light the fire / Gods may do what cattle may not / quod licet Iovi, non licet bovi
hazard lights
Lamp in the Side Street, novel by Qing dynasty writer Li Lüyuan 李綠園|李绿园 / also written 岐路燈|岐路灯
a blacklight; an ultraviolet light
brake light
safety lamp / safelight
fluorescent light
quartz halogen lamp
lighted buoy / channel marking light / signal light
spirit lamp
dark; unlit / a blacklight; an ultraviolet light
(lit.) to flash the yellow light / (fig.) to give a warning sign
kerosene lamp
car front indicator
jack-o'-lantern
car rear indicator
Bunsen burner
Zhu Hongdeng, one of the leaders of the Boxer Rebellion
mercury-vapor lamp
mercury-vapor lamp
(slang) (fig.) to court death (derived from 找死 via its near homophone 照屎)
Taiwan variant of 熒光燈|荧光灯
lantern with a carousel of paper horses rotating under convection, used at Lantern Festival 元宵節|元宵节 / (fig.) revolving door; musical chairs (metaphor for people being shuffled around into different jobs)
(theater) spotlight / followspot
metal halide lamp
to give the green light / to give the go-ahead
to run a red light / failing to stop at a red traffic light / (slang) to have sex with a girl while she is menstruating


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