了 瞭 liǎo (of eyes) bright / clear-sighted / to understand clearly syn 聪明 聰明 cōng ming intelligent / clever / bright / acute (of sight and hearing) syn 光 guāng light / ray (CL:道[dao4]) / bright / shiny / only / merely / used up / finished / to leave (a part of the body) uncovered syn 白 bái white / snowy / pure / bright / empty / blank / plain / clear / to make clear / in vain / gratuitous / free of charge / reactionary / anti-communist / funeral / to stare coldly / to write wrong character / to state / to explain / vernacular / spoken lines in opera syn 颜色 顏色 yán sè color / countenance / appearance / facial expression / pigment / dyestuff syn 红色 紅色 hóng sè red (color) / revolutionary syn 蓝色 藍色 lán sè blue (color) 明 míng bright / opposite: dark 暗[an4] / (of meaning) clear / to understand / next / public or open / wise / generic term for a sacrifice to the gods syn 色 sè color / CL:種|种[zhong3] / look / appearance / sex syn 色 shǎi (coll.) color / used in 色子[shai3zi5] syn 心灵 心靈 xīn líng bright / smart / quick-witted / heart / thoughts / spirit syn 光明 guāng míng light / radiance / (fig.) bright (prospects etc) / openhearted syn 十足 shí zú ample / complete / hundred percent / a pure shade (of some color) syn 金色 jīn sè golden / gold (color) syn 紫色 zǐ sè purple / violet (color) syn 肤色 膚色 fū sè skin color 银色 銀色 yín sè silver (color) 型号 型號 xíng hào model (particular version of a manufactured article) / type (product specification in terms of color, size etc) 橙色 chéng sè orange (color) syn 本色 běn shǎi natural color syn 明亮 míng liàng bright / shining / glittering / to become clear syn 彩色 cǎi sè color / multicolored syn 亮点 亮點 liàng diǎn highlight / bright spot syn 明媚 míng mèi bright and beautiful syn 光亮 guāng liàng bright syn 鲜明 鮮明 xiān míng (of colors) bright / fresh and clear / clear-cut / distinct syn 精光 jīng guāng nothing left (money, food etc) / all finished / bright and shiny / radiant / glorious syn 明朗 míng lǎng bright / clear / obvious / forthright / open-minded / bright and cheerful syn 光光 guāng guāng bright / shiny / smooth / naked / bald / penniless 聪慧 聰慧 cōng huì bright / intelligent syn 色泽 色澤 sè zé color and luster syn 鲜艳 鮮艷 xiān yàn bright-colored / gaily-colored syn 天色 tiān sè color of the sky / time of day, as indicated by the color of the sky / weather 变色 變色 biàn sè to change color / to discolor / to change countenance / to become angry syn 暗淡 àn dàn dark / dim (light) / dull (color) / drab / (fig.) gloomy / bleak syn 紫红色 紫紅色 zǐ hóng sè red-purple / mauve / prune (color) / claret 上色 shàng shǎi to color (a picture etc) / to dye (fabric etc) / to stain (furniture etc) syn 桃色 táo sè pink / peach color / illicit love / sexual syn 璀璨 cuǐ càn bright / resplendent syn 音色 yīn sè tone / timbre / sound color syn 明月 míng yuè bright moon / refers to 夜明珠, a legendary pearl that can glow in the dark / CL:輪|轮[lun2] syn 渲染 xuàn rǎn rendering (computing) / to add washes of ink or color to a drawing (Chinese painting) / to exaggerate / to embellish syn 血色 xuè sè color (of one's skin, a sign of good health) / red of cheeks 高招 gāo zhāo wise move / masterstroke / bright ideas syn 栗色 lì sè maroon (color) syn 亮闪闪 亮閃閃 liàng shǎn shǎn bright syn 浓厚 濃厚 nóng hòu dense / thick (fog, clouds etc) / to have a strong interest in / deep / fully saturated (color) syn 浅色 淺色 qiǎn sè light color 着色 著色 zhuó sè to apply color / to color / to paint syn 花色 huā sè variety / design and color / suit (cards) syn 光洁 光潔 guāng jié bright and clean syn 明镜 明鏡 míng jìng mirror (as a metaphor for sth beautiful, bright and flat – such as a lake – or sth that provides clarity and insight) 熠熠 yì yì glistening / bright syn 灵机一动 靈機一動 líng jī yī dòng a bright idea suddenly occurs (idiom) / to hit upon an inspiration / to be struck by a brainwave syn 咖啡色 kā fēi sè coffee color / brown syn 彩电 彩電 cǎi diàn color TV syn 五颜六色 五顏六色 wǔ yán liù sè multicolored / every color under the sun syn 色盲 sè máng color-blind / color blindness 失色 shī sè to lose color / to turn pale syn 皎洁 皎潔 jiǎo jié shining clean / bright (moonlight) syn 鲜红 鮮紅 xiān hóng scarlet / bright red syn 酒色 jiǔ sè wine and women / color of wine / drunken expression 聪敏 聰敏 cōng mǐn bright / sharp / quick-witted syn 光鲜 光鮮 guāng xiān bright and neat 炉火纯青 爐火純青 lú huǒ chún qīng lit. the stove fire has turned bright green (allusion to Daoist alchemy) (idiom) / fig. (of an art, a technique etc) brought to the point of perfection syn 炯炯有神 jiǒng jiǒng yǒu shén (idiom) eyes bright and full of expression syn 雪亮 xuě liàng lit. bright as snow / shiny / dazzling / sharp (of eyes) syn 鲜亮 鮮亮 xiān liang bright (color) / vivid syn 艳阳天 艷陽天 yàn yáng tiān bright sunny day / blazing hot day 橙红色 橙紅色 chéng hóng sè red-orange color / dark orange 文采 wén cǎi literary talent / literary grace / rich and bright colors syn 朝气蓬勃 朝氣蓬勃 zhāo qì péng bó full of youthful energy (idiom) / vigorous / energetic / a bright spark syn 毛色 máo sè (of an animal) appearance or color of coat 掉色 diào sè to lose color / to fade / also pr. [diao4 shai3] syn 银光 銀光 yín guāng silvery light / bright white light / shining white light 水汪汪 shuǐ wāng wāng watery / waterlogged (soil) / limpid / bright and intelligent (eyes) syn 明晃晃 míng huǎng huǎng shining / bright syn 晴好 qíng hǎo bright and sunny weather syn 清明 qīng míng clear and bright / sober and calm / (of a government or administration) well ordered syn 爽朗 shuǎng lǎng clear and bright (of weather) / straightforward / candid / open syn 水灵 水靈 shuǐ líng (of fruit etc) fresh / (of a person etc) full of life / healthy-looking / (of eyes) moist and bright / lustrous syn 原色 yuán sè primary color syn 金灿灿 金燦燦 jīn càn càn golden-bright and dazzling syn 黄褐色 黃褐色 huáng hè sè tan (color) / tawny 有声有色 有聲有色 yǒu shēng yǒu sè having sound and color (idiom) / vivid / dazzling syn 透亮 tòu liàng bright / shining / translucent / crystal clear syn 华彩 華彩 huá cǎi gorgeous / resplendent or rich color 五光十色 wǔ guāng shí sè bright and multicolored / of rich variety / (fig.) dazzling / glitzy syn 流光溢彩 liú guāng yì cǎi lit. flowing light and overflowing color / brilliant lights and vibrant colors (idiom) 乳白 rǔ bái milky white / cream color syn 彩画 彩畫 cǎi huà color painting 黑炭 hēi tàn coal / charcoal / (of skin) darkly pigmented / charcoal (color) / bituminous coal (mining) 清朗 qīng lǎng clear and bright / unclouded / clear and sonorous (voice) / clear and lively (narrative) syn 炯炯 jiǒng jiǒng (literary) (of eyes) bright / shining syn 色度 sè dù saturation (color theory) 万紫千红 萬紫千紅 wàn zǐ qiān hóng thousands of purples and reds (idiom) / a blaze of color / fig. a profusion of flourishing trades syn 暖色 nuǎn sè warm color (arch.) / esp. yellow, orange or red 耿耿 gěng gěng bright / devoted / having sth on one's mind / troubled 浓淡 濃淡 nóng dàn shade (of a color, i.e. light or dark) syn