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 澹 tán surname Tan 郯 tán surname Tan / name of an ancient city 镡 鐔 tán surname Tan 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 黄褐色 黃褐色 huáng hè sè tan (color) / tawny 天色 tiān sè color of the sky / time of day, as indicated by the color of the sky / weather 色盲 sè máng color-blind / color blindness 彩扩 彩擴 cǎi kuò to enlarge color photos / color film processing 着色 著色 zhuó sè to apply color / to color / to paint syn 色弱 sè ruò partial color blindness / color weakness 纯色 純色 chún sè pure color / solid color 暗淡 àn dàn dark / dim (light) / dull (color) / drab / (fig.) gloomy / bleak syn 浅色 淺色 qiǎn sè light color 流光溢彩 liú guāng yì cǎi lit. flowing light and overflowing color / brilliant lights and vibrant colors (idiom) 浓淡 濃淡 nóng dàn shade (of a color, i.e. light or dark) syn 浅淡 淺淡 qiǎn dàn light (color) / pale / vague (feeling) 淡 dàn insipid / diluted / weak / mild / light in color / tasteless / indifferent / (variant of 氮[dan4]) nitrogen syn 浅 淺 qiǎn shallow / light (color) syn 缃 緗 xiāng light yellow color 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 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 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 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 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 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 投映 tóu yìng (of a light source) to cast one's light on / to project (an image) 动弹 動彈 dòng tan to budge syn 动弹不得 動彈不得 dòng tan bu dé to be unable to move a single step 舒坦 shū tan comfortable / at ease syn 晒黑 曬黑 shài hēi to sunbathe / to tan / to get sunburnt / to expose unfair practices (on a consumer protection website) 谭嗣同 譚嗣同 tán sì tóng Tan Sitong (1865-1898), Qing writer and politician, one of the Six Gentlemen Martyrs 戊戌六君子 of the unsuccessful reform movement of 1898 陈嘉庚 陳嘉庚 chén jiā gēng Tan 谈 談 tán to speak / to talk / to converse / to chat / to discuss syn 弹 彈 tán to pluck (a string) / to play (a string instrument) / to spring or leap / to shoot (e.g. with a catapult) / (of cotton) to fluff or tease / to flick / to flip / to accuse / to impeach / elastic (of materials) syn 谭震林 譚震林 tán zhèn lín Tan Zhenlin (1902-1983), PRC revolutionary and military leader, played political role after the Cultural Revolution 探 tàn to explore / to search out / to scout / to visit / to stretch forward syn 坦 tǎn flat / open-hearted / level / smooth syn 叹 歎 tàn variant of 嘆|叹[tan4] syn 坛 罈 tán earthen jar syn 贪 貪 tān to have a voracious desire for / to covet / greedy / corrupt syn 滩 灘 tān beach / shoal / rapids / CL:片[pian4] / classifier for liquids: pool, puddle syn 谭 譚 tán variant of 談|谈[tan2] 摊 攤 tān to spread out / vendor's stand syn 炭 tàn wood charcoal / coal syn 毯 tǎn blanket / rug syn 碳 tàn carbon (chemistry) 潭 tán deep pool / pond / pit (dialect) / depression syn 瘫 癱 tān paralyzed syn 痰 tán phlegm / spittle syn 硝 xiāo saltpeter / to tan (leather) 檀 tán sandalwood / hardwood / purple-red syn 坍 tān to collapse syn 袒 襢 tǎn old variant of 袒[tan3] syn 忐 tǎn used in 忐忑[tan3te4] 昙 曇 tán dark clouds 覃 tán deep syn 鞣 róu suede / chamois / tannin / to tan 钽 鉭 tǎn tantalum (chemistry) 锬 錟 tán long spear 襢 tǎn to bare 醰 tán bitter taste in wine / rich / full flavored 罈 tán earthen jar 禫 tǎn sacrifice at the end of mourning 贉 tǎn pay an advance / silk book cover 黮 tán black, dark / unclear / private 餤 tán to advance 嗿 tǎn sound of many people eating 菼 tǎn Miscanthus sacchariflorus (Amur silvergrass) / Miscanthus sinensis (feather grass) 醓 tǎn brine of pickled meat 韖 róu tan, soften 怹 tān he / she / (courteous, as opposed to 他[ta1]) 榃 tán raised path between fields 驔 tán black horse 谭延闓 譚延闓 tán yán kǎi Tan 司马谈 司馬談 sī mǎ tán Sima Tan (-110 BC), Han dynasty scholar and historian, and father of 司馬遷|司马迁[Si1 ma3 Qian1] 四大须生 四大鬚生 sì dà xū shēng Four great beards of Beijing opera, namely: Ma Lianliang 馬連良|马连良, Tan Fuying 譚富英|谭富英, Yang Baosen 楊寶森|杨宝森, Xi Xiaobo 奚嘯伯|奚啸伯 墰 tán variant of 罈|坛[tan2] 