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"light and shade" Chinese-English Dictionary

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Chinese Pinyin Translation
显晦 顯晦 xiǎn huì light and shade
Chinese Pinyin Translation
亮光 liàng guāng light / beam of light / gleam of light / light reflected from an object syn
顶灯 頂燈 dǐng dēng dome light (of a taxi etc) / ceiling light (in a room) / interior light (of a car) / light on the top of a mast etc
柳暗花明 liǔ àn huā míng lit. the willow trees make the shade, the flowers give the light (idiom) / at one's darkest hour, a glimmer of hope / light at the end of the tunnel
光影 guāng yǐng light and shadow / sunlight and shade
银光 銀光 yín guāng silvery light / bright white light / shining white light
背光 bèi guāng to be in a poor light / to do sth with one's back to the light / to stand in one's own light syn
亮灯 亮燈 liàng dēng to turn on a light / (of a light) to light up
浓淡 濃淡 nóng dàn shade (of a color, i.e. light or dark) syn
小武器和轻武器区域中心 小武器和輕武器區域中心 Regional Centre on Small Arms and Light Weapons in the Great Lakes Region, the Horn of Africa and Bordering States / Regional Centre on Small Arms and Light Weapons / Regional Centre on Small Arms
小武器区域中心 小武器區域中心 Regional Centre on Small Arms and Light Weapons in the Great Lakes Region, the Horn of Africa and Bordering States / Regional Centre on Small Arms and Light Weapons / Regional Centre on Small Arms
欧安组织关于小武器和轻武器问题的文件 歐安組織關於小武器和輕武器問題的文件 Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe Document on Small Arms and Light Weapons / OSCE Document on Small Arms and Light Weapons
幽明 yōu míng the hidden and the visible / that which can be seen and that which cannot / darkness and light / night and day / wisdom and ignorance / evil and good / the living and the dead / men and ghosts
幽明 yōu - míng the hidden and the visible / that which can be seen and that which cannot / darkness and light / night and day / wisdom and ignorance / evil and good / the living and the dead / men and ghosts
碧海青天 bì hǎi qīng tiān green sea, blue sky (idiom) / sea and sky merge in one shade / loneliness of faithful widow
无心插柳柳成阴 無心插柳柳成陰 wú xīn chā liǔ liǔ chéng yīn lit. idly poke a stick in the mud and it grows into a tree to shade you / (fig.) unintentional actions may bring unexpected success / also written 無心插柳柳成蔭|无心插柳柳成荫
光线 光線 guāng xiàn light ray / CL:條|条[tiao2],道[dao4] / light / illumination / lighting (for a photograph) syn
灵光 靈光 líng guāng divine light (around the Buddha) / a halo / a miraculous column of light / (slang) jolly good! syn
光柱 guāng zhù light beam / light pillar (atmospheric optics) syn
闯红灯 闖紅燈 chuǎng hóng dēng to run a red light / failing to stop at a red traffic light / (slang) to have sex with a girl while she is menstruating
轻骑 輕騎 qīng qí light cavalry / light motorcycle / moped syn
可见光 可見光 kě jiàn guāng visible light / light in optical spectrum
灯头 燈頭 dēng tóu electric light socket / burner (component of a kerosene lamp) / light (as a countable item, e.g. number of lights fitted in a house)
萤火 螢火 yíng huǒ light of firefly / fairy light
反射光 fǎn shè guāng to reflect light / reflection / reflected light
轻水 輕水 qīng shuǐ light water (as opposed to heavy water) / see light water reactor 輕水反應堆|轻水反应堆
灯号 燈號 dēng hào flashing light / indicator light
偏振光 piān zhèn guāng polarization of light / polarized light syn
航标灯 航標燈 háng biāo dēng lighted buoy / channel marking light / signal light
缥 縹 piǎo (literary) light blue / (literary) light blue silk fabric
光感应 光感應 guāng gǎn yìng optical response / reaction to light / light sensitive / photoinduction
余光 餘光 yú guāng (out of) the corner of one's eyes / peripheral vision / residual light / light of the setting sun
轻型侦察直升机 qīng xíng zhēn chá zhí shēng jī light reconnaissance helicopter / light observation helicopter
轻型油罐车 輕型油罐車 light fuel trailer / light refuelling trailer
轻型渡河设备 輕型渡河設備 qīng xíng dù hé shè bèi light river-crossing equipment / light spanning equipment
牙科固化灯 牙科固化燈 dental curing light / ultraviolet curing light
投映 tóu yìng (of a light source) to cast one's light on / to project (an image)
十足 shí zú ample / complete / hundred percent / a pure shade (of some color) syn
遮住 zhē zhù to cover (up) / to block / to obstruct / to shade syn
树荫 樹蔭 shù yìn shade of a tree syn
绿荫 綠蔭 lǜ yìn shade (of a tree) syn
乘凉 乘涼 chéng liáng to cool off in the shade syn
树阴 樹陰 shù yīn shade (of a tree)
阴干 陰乾 yīn gān to dry in the shade
荫蔽 蔭蔽 yìn bì to be shaded or concealed by foliage / to conceal / hidden / covert / shade (of a tree) syn
背阴 背陰 bèi yīn in the shade / shady syn
庇荫 庇蔭 bì yìn to give shade (of a tree etc) / to shield syn
遮阴 遮陰 zhē yīn to provide shade
手搭凉棚 手搭涼棚 shǒu dā liáng péng to shade one's eyes with one's hand
罩 zhào to cover / to spread over / a cover / a shade / a hood / bamboo fish trap / bamboo chicken coop / (Tw) (coll.) to protect / to have sb's back / (Tw) (coll.) awesome / incredible / (Tw) (coll.) (often as 罩得住[zhao4de2zhu4]) to have things under control / to be able to handle it syn
荫 蔭 yìn shade syn
樾 yuè shade of trees
翳 yì feather screen / to screen / to shade / cataract syn
庥 xiū protection / shade
庇廕 bì yīn to give shade (of a tree etc) / to shield
廕 yìn variant of 蔭|庇[yin4], shade
烘云托月 烘雲托月 hōng yún tuō yuè lit. to shade in the clouds to offset the moon (idiom) / fig. a foil / a contrasting character to a main hero syn
瞖 yì variant of 翳, feather screen / to screen / to shade / cataract
树荫咖啡 樹蔭咖啡 shù yìn kā fēi shade-grown coffee
遮阳用品 遮陽用品 sun shade
绿树成荫 綠樹成蔭 lǜ shù chéng yìn (of an area) to have trees with shade-giving foliage / (of a road) to be tree-lined
绿阴 綠陰 lǜ yīn tree shade / shady
大树底下好乘凉 大樹底下好乘涼 dà shù dǐ xià hǎo chéng liáng lit. under a big tree the shade is plentiful (idiom) / fig. to benefit by proximity to an influential person
树荫 樹蔭 shù yīn shade of a tree / Taiwan pr. [shu4yin4] syn
绿树成荫 綠樹成蔭 lǜ shù - chéng yīn (idiom) (of an area) to have trees with shade-giving foliage / (of a road) to be tree-lined
绿荫 綠蔭 lǜ yīn the shade (of a tree) syn
色号 色號 sè hào shade (of lipstick etc) / color option
荫 蔭 yīn (bound form) shade (of a tree) syn
遮荫 遮蔭 zhē yīn to provide shade / Taiwan pr. [zhe1yin4] syn
金沙萨公约 金沙薩公約 Central African Convention for the Control of Small Arms and Light Weapons, Their Ammunition and All Parts and Components That Can Be Used for Their Manufacture, Repair and Assembly / Kinshasa Convention
光风霁月 光風霽月 guāng fēng jì yuè lit. light breeze and clear moon (idiom) / period of peace and prosperity / noble and benevolent character syn
轻便 輕便 qīng biàn lightweight and portable / light and convenient syn
潇潇 瀟瀟 xiāo xiāo (of wind and rain) howling and pounding / (of light rain) pattering
流光溢彩 liú guāng yì cǎi lit. flowing light and overflowing color / brilliant lights and vibrant colors (idiom)
弃暗投明 棄暗投明 qì àn tóu míng to renounce the dark and seek the light / to give up one's wrong way of life and turn to a better one syn
轻嘴薄舌 輕嘴薄舌 qīng zuǐ bó shé lit. light mouth, thin tongue (idiom) / hasty and rude / caustic and sharp-tongued syn
飘飘然 飄飄然 piāo piāo rán elated / light and airy feeling (after a few drinks) / smug and conceited / complacent syn
稳定公约收缴销毁小武器和轻武器讨论会 穩定公約收繳銷毀小武器和輕武器討論會 Stability Pact Seminar on Small Arms and Light Weapons Collection and Destruction
内罗毕宣言 內羅畢宣言 Nairobi Declaration on the Problem of the Proliferation of Illicit Small Arms and Light Weapons in the Great Lakes Region and the Horn of Africa / Nairobi Declaration
小武器行动纲领 小武器行動綱領 Programme of Action to Prevent, Combat and Eradicate the Illicit Trade in Small Arms and Light Weapons in All Its Aspects / Programme of Action on Small Arms
西非经共体暂停 西非經共体暫停 xī fēi jīng gòng tǐ zàn tíng Moratorium on the Importation, Exportation and Manufacture of Small Arms and Light Weapons in West Africa / ECOWAS moratorium / Mali moratorium
马里暂停 馬里暫停 mǎ lǐ zàn tíng Moratorium on the Importation, Exportation and Manufacture of Small Arms and Light Weapons in West Africa / ECOWAS moratorium / Mali moratorium
2006年小武器审查会议 2006年小武器審查會議 United Nations Conference to Review Progress Made in the Implementation of the Programme of Action to Prevent, Combat and Eradicate the Illicit Trade in Small Arms and Light Weapons in All Its Aspects / Small Arms Review Conference
状元 狀元 zhuàng yuán top scorer in the palace examination (highest rank of the Imperial examination system) / see 榜眼[bang3 yan3] and 探花[tan4 hua1] / top scorer in college entrance examination 高考[gao1 kao3] / (fig.) the most brilliantly talented person in the field / leading light syn
轻盈 輕盈 qīng yíng graceful / lithe / light and graceful / lighthearted / relaxed syn
轻巧 輕巧 qīng qiǎo dexterous / deft / easy / light and easy to use / nimble / agile / lithe / graceful syn
轻快 輕快 qīng kuài light and quick / brisk / spry / lively / effortless / relaxed / agile / blithe syn
光天化日 guāng tiān huà rì the full light of day (idiom) / fig. peace and prosperity / in broad daylight syn
羽化 yǔ huà 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 syn
素净 素淨 sù jing simple and neat / quiet (colors) / unobtrusive / (of food) light / not greasy or strongly flavored syn
亮 liàng bright / light / to shine / to flash / loud and clear / to show (one's passport etc) / to make public (one's views etc) syn
不避艰险 不避艱險 bù bì jiān xiǎn shrink or flinch from no difficulty or danger / make light of difficulties and dangers syn
韬光养晦 韜光養晦 tāo guāng yǎng huì to conceal one's strengths and bide one's time (idiom) / to hide one's light under a bushel
肥马轻裘 肥馬輕裘 féi mǎ qīng qiú lit. stout horses and light furs / fig. to live in luxury
轻裘肥马 輕裘肥馬 qīng qiú féi mǎ lit. light furs and stout horses / fig. to live in luxury syn
宵衣旰食 xiāo yī gàn shí to dress before light and not eat before dark (idiom) / diligently attending to official matters
嗫嗫 囁囁 niè niè talkative / light and soft (of voice)
硅铝质 硅鋁質 guī lǚ zhì sial rock (containing silicon and aluminium, so comparatively light, making continental plates)
聚萤映雪 聚螢映雪 jù yíng yìng xuě lit. to collect fireflies and study by their light (idiom) / fig. ambitious student from impoverished background / burning the midnight oil
蔡国强 蔡國強 cài guó qiáng Cai Guoqiang (1957-), contemporary Chinese artist working with firework displays and light shows
The four tones The four tones of Mandarin Pitch over time: tone 1 high and level (red), tone 2 rising (orange), tone 3 falling then rising (green), tone 4 falling (blue). tone 1 tone 2 tone 3 tone 4 Time Pitch

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