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 日 rì sun / day / date, day of the month 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 太阳 太陽 tài yang sun / CL:個|个[ge4] / abbr. for 太陽穴|太阳穴[tai4 yang2 xue2] syn 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 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 出没 出沒 chū mò to come and go / to roam about (mostly unseen) / (of a ghost) to haunt (a place) / (of a criminal) to stalk (the streets) / (of the sun) to rise and set 明亮 míng liàng bright / shining / glittering / to become clear syn 亮点 亮點 liàng diǎn highlight / bright spot syn 晒太阳 曬太陽 shài tài yáng to be in the sun (getting warm or sunbathing etc) / to put sth in the sun (e.g. to dry it) 明媚 míng mèi bright and beautiful syn 光亮 guāng liàng bright syn 上山 shàng shān to climb a hill / to go to the mountains / (of silkworms) to go up bundles of straw (to spin cocoons) / to pass away / (of the sun or moon) to rise 天窗 tiān chuāng hatchway / skylight / sun roof 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 夕阳 夕陽 xī yáng sunset / the setting sun 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 转头 轉頭 zhuàn tóu nutation (plants turning to face the sun) syn 太阳神 太陽神 tài yáng shén Sun God / Apollo 鲜艳 鮮艷 xiān yàn bright-colored / gaily-colored syn 落日 luò rì setting sun syn 下山 xià shān to go down a hill / (of the sun or moon) to set 璀璨 cuǐ càn bright / resplendent 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 烈日 liè rì scorching sun syn 高招 gāo zhāo wise move / masterstroke / bright ideas syn 亮闪闪 亮閃閃 liàng shǎn shǎn bright syn 晨曦 chén xī first rays of morning sun / first glimmer of dawn syn 俱全 jù quán every kind / every variety under the sun / a complete gamut 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 同盟会 同盟會 tóng méng huì Tongmenghui, Sun Yat-sen's alliance for democracy, founded 1905, became the Guomindang 國民黨|国民党 in 1912 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 国父 國父 guó fù father or founder of a nation / Father of the Republic (Sun Yat-sen) 白日 bái rì daytime / sun / time syn 朝阳 朝陽 zhāo yáng the morning sun syn 五颜六色 五顏六色 wǔ yán liù sè multicolored / every color under the sun syn 皎洁 皎潔 jiǎo jié shining clean / bright (moonlight) syn 六合 liù hé the six directions (north, south, east, west, up, down) / the whole country / the universe / everything under the sun syn 鲜红 鮮紅 xiān hóng scarlet / bright red syn 民族主义 民族主義 mín zú zhǔ yì nationalism / national self-determination / principle of nationalism, the first of Dr Sun Yat-sen's 孫中山|孙中山 Three Principles of the People 三民主義|三民主义 (at the time, meaning parity between China and the great powers) / racism 如日中天 rú rì zhōng tiān lit. like the sun at noon (idiom) / fig. to be at the peak of one's power, career etc syn 聪敏 聰敏 cōng mǐn bright / sharp / quick-witted syn 日月 rì yuè the sun and moon / day and month / every day and every month / season / life and livelihood syn 遮阳 遮陽 zhē yáng to shield from the sun 风和日丽 風和日麗 fēng hé rì lì moderate wind, beautiful sun (idiom) / fine sunny weather, esp. in springtime syn 金箍棒 jīn gū bàng golden cudgel, weapon wielded by Sun Wukong in the novel Journey to the West 西遊記|西游记[Xi1 you2 Ji4] 拨云见日 撥雲見日 bō yún jiàn rì lit. to dispel the clouds and see the sun (idiom) / fig. to restore justice 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 夕阳西下 夕陽西下 xī yáng xī xià the sun sets in the west (idiom) syn 炯炯有神 jiǒng jiǒng yǒu shén (idiom) eyes bright and full of expression syn 骄阳 驕陽 jiāo yáng blazing sun 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 暴晒 暴曬 bào shài (of the sun) to scorch / to expose to a scorching sun 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 日头 日頭 rì tóu sun (dialect) / daytime / date syn 银光 銀光 yín guāng silvery light / bright white light / shining white light 旭日 xù rì the rising sun syn 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 向阳 向陽 xiàng yáng facing the sun / exposed to the sun syn 谈天说地 談天說地 tán tiān shuō dì to talk endlessly / to talk about everything under the sun syn 海内 海內 hǎi nèi the whole world / throughout the land / everything under the sun syn 金灿灿 金燦燦 jīn càn càn golden-bright and dazzling syn 斜阳 斜陽 xié yáng setting sun syn 透亮 tòu liàng bright / shining / translucent / crystal clear syn 五光十色 wǔ guāng shí sè bright and multicolored / of rich variety / (fig.) dazzling / glitzy syn 朝日 zhāo rì morning sun syn 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 紫金山 zǐ jīn shān Purple Mountain in suburbs of Nanjing, with Ming tombs and Sun Yat-sen's mausoleum 耿耿 gěng gěng bright / devoted / having sth on one's mind / troubled 亮堂 liàng táng bright / clear syn 遮阳板 遮陽板 zhē yáng bǎn sun visor / sunshade / sunshading board 孙大圣 孫大聖 sūn dà shèng Great-Sage Sun / Sun Wukong 孫悟空|孙悟空[Sun1 Wu4 kong1] 夕照 xī zhào glow of the setting sun syn 红彤彤 紅彤彤 hóng tōng tōng bright red syn 孙膑 孫臏 sūn bìn Sun Bin (-316 BC), political strategist of the School of Diplomacy 縱橫家|纵横家[Zong4 heng2 jia1] during the Warring States Period (425-221 BC) 三民主义 三民主義 sān mín zhǔ yì Dr Sun Yat-sen's 孫中山|孙中山 Three Principles of the People (late 1890s) 朝阳 朝陽 cháo yáng to be exposed to the sun / in a position facing the sun syn 孙子 孫子 sūn zǐ Sun Tzu, also known as Sun Wu 孫武|孙武[Sun1 Wu3] (c. 500 BC, dates of birth and death uncertain), general, strategist and philosopher of the Spring and Autumn Period (700-475 BC), believed to be the author of the “Art of War” 孫子兵法|孙子兵法[Sun1 zi3 Bing1 fa3], one of the Seven Military Classics of ancient China 武經七書|武经七书[Wu3 jing1 Qi1 shu1] syn 中山大学 中山大學 zhōng shān dà xué Sun Yat-sen University (Guangzhou) / Sun Yat-sen University (Kaohsiung) / Sun Yat-sen University (Moscow), founded in 1925 as training ground for Chinese communists 悟空 wù kōng Sun Wukong, the Monkey King, character with supernatural powers from the novel Journey to the West 西遊記|西游记[Xi1 You2 Ji4] 孙中山 孫中山 sūn zhōng shān Dr Sun Yat-sen (1866-1925), first president of the Republic of China and co-founder of the Guomintang 國民黨|国民党 / same as 孫逸仙|孙逸仙 