了 瞭 liǎo (of eyes) bright / clear-sighted / to understand clearly 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 白 bái adj., adv. 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 清 qīng adj., v. (of water etc) clear / clean / quiet / still / pure / uncorrupted / clear / distinct / to clear / to settle (accounts) syn 切 qiē v. to cut / to slice / to carve / (math) tangential syn 明显 明顯 míng xiǎn adj. clear / distinct / obvious syn 明白 míng bai adj., v. clear / obvious / unequivocal / sensible / reasonable / to understand / to realize syn 清除 qīng chú v. to clear away / to eliminate / to get rid of syn 清楚 qīng chu adj., v. clear / distinct / to understand thoroughly / to be clear about syn 表明 biǎo míng v. to make clear / to make known / to state clearly / to indicate / known syn 清晰 qīng xī adj. clear / distinct syn 可见 可見 kě jiàn conj. it can clearly be seen (that this is the case) / it is (thus) clear / clear / visible syn 降价 降價 jiàng jià v. to cut the price / to drive down the price / to get cheaper syn 节省 節省 jié shěng v. saving / to save / to use sparingly / to cut down on syn 清理 qīng lǐ v. to clear up / to tidy up / to dispose of syn 清醒 qīng xǐng adj., v. clear-headed / sober / awake syn 伤口 傷口 shāng kǒu n. wound / cut syn 截止 jié zhǐ v. to end / to close / (electricity) cut-off syn 分明 fēn míng adj., adv. clear / distinct / evidently / clearly syn 明亮 míng liàng adj. bright / shining / glittering / to become clear syn 走路 zǒu lù v. to walk / to go on foot / to leave / to depart / (informal) to clear off / to beat it / (of sb who gets fired or resigns) to leave the job / to get out syn 中断 中斷 zhōng duàn v. to cut short / to break off / to discontinue / to interrupt syn 喝道 hè dào to shout (i.e. to say in a loud voice) (usually followed by the words shouted) / (old) (of yamen bailiffs etc) to walk ahead of an official, shouting at pedestrians to clear the way syn 开朗 開朗 kāi lǎng adj. spacious and well-lit / open and clear / (of character) optimistic / cheerful / carefree syn 清澈 qīng chè adj. clear / limpid syn 澄清 dèng qīng to settle (of liquid) / to become clear (by precipitation of impurities) / precipitate (chemistry) / to put in order / to quell disturbances syn 澄清 chéng qīng adj., v. clear (of liquid) / limpid / to clarify / to make sth clear / to be clear (about the facts) syn 狼狈 狼狽 láng bèi adj. in a difficult situation / to cut a sorry figure / scoundrel! (derog.) syn 响亮 響亮 xiǎng liàng adj. loud and clear / resounding syn 裁员 裁員 cái yuán v. to cut staff / to lay off employees syn 截取 jié qǔ to cut off a section of sth 理发 理髮 lǐ fà v. to get a haircut / to have one's hair done / to cut (sb's) hair / to give (sb) a haircut syn 摸底 mō dǐ to have a clear view (of a situation) / to fish for information / fact-finding syn 清仓 清倉 qīng cāng to take an inventory of stock / to clear out one's stock 砍伐 kǎn fá v. to hew / to cut down syn 单兵 單兵 dān bīng individual soldier / (literary) isolated military unit, cut off from reinforcements 剪彩 jiǎn cǎi v. to cut the ribbon (at a launching or opening ceremony) 绝命 絕命 jué mìng to commit suicide / to have one's life cut short 旷课 曠課 kuàng kè v. to play truant / to cut classes syn 澄澈 chéng chè limpid / crystal clear syn 心如刀割 xīn rú dāo gē to feel as if having one's heart cut out (idiom) / to be torn with grief syn 清场 清場 qīng chǎng to clear (a place) / to evacuate 清越 qīng yuè clear and melodious 拾掇 shí duo to clear up / to tidy up / to pick up / to repair syn 打口 dǎ kǒu (of CDs, videos etc) surplus (or "cut-out") stock from Western countries, sometimes marked with a notch in the disc or its case, sold cheaply in China (beginning in the 1990s), as well as Eastern Europe etc 头家 頭家 tóu jiā organizer of a gambling party who takes a cut of the winnings / banker (gambling) / preceding player (in a game) / (dialect) boss / proprietor 断 斷 duàn v. to break / to snap / to cut off / to give up or abstain from sth / to judge / (usu. used in the negative) absolutely / definitely / decidedly syn 推 tuī v. to push / to cut / to refuse / to reject / to decline / to shirk (responsibility) / to put off / to delay / to push forward / to nominate / to elect / massage syn 划 劃 huá v. to cut / to slash / to scratch (cut into the surface of sth) / to strike (a match) syn 刻 kè m.w., v. quarter (hour) / moment / to carve / to engrave / to cut / oppressive / classifier for short time intervals syn 鸣锣开道 鳴鑼開道 míng luó kāi dào to beat the gong to clear the way / (fig.) to pave the way for sth syn 亮 liàng adj., v. bright / light / to shine / to flash / loud and clear / to show (one's passport etc) / to make public (one's views etc) syn 割 gē v. to cut / to cut apart syn 削 xiāo v. to peel with a knife / to pare / to cut (a ball at tennis etc) syn 晴 qíng adj. clear / fine (weather) syn 脆 cuì adj. brittle / fragile / crisp / crunchy / clear and loud voice / neat syn 砍 kǎn v. to chop / to cut down / to throw sth at sb syn 剪 jiǎn v. (bound form) scissors or similar tool / to cut as with scissors / (bound form) to wipe out / to exterminate / to edit (video, audio etc) syn 通 tōng v., adj., m.w. to go through / to know well / (suffix) expert / to connect / to communicate / open / to clear / classifier for letters, telegrams, phone calls etc syn 英年早逝 yīng nián zǎo shì to die an untimely death (idiom) / to be cut off in one's prime syn 不详 不詳 bù xiáng not in detail / not quite clear syn 不明 bù míng not clear / unknown / to fail to understand syn 切换 切換 qiē huàn v. to switch over / to switch modes or data streams / to cut (to a new scene) 分割 fēn gē v. to cut up / to break up syn 清水 qīng shuǐ fresh water / drinking water / clear water 方正 fāng zhèng clear and square / neat / square (person) syn 美发 美髮 měi fà hairdressing / to give sb's hair a cut or other beauty treatment / beautiful hair syn 明了 明瞭 míng liǎo to understand clearly / to be clear about / plain / clear syn 切割 qiē gē v. to cut syn 清脆 qīng cuì adj. sharp and clear / crisp / melodious / ringing / tinkling / silvery (of sound) / fragile / frail / also written 輕脆|轻脆 syn 绝缘 絕緣 jué yuán v. to have no contact with / to be cut off from / (electricity) to insulate 切断 切斷 qiē duàn to cut off / to sever syn 晴天 qíng tiān clear sky / sunny day syn 切成 qiē chéng to cut up (into pieces) / to slice / to carve / to dice / to shred 清明 qīng míng clear and bright / sober and calm / (of a government or administration) well ordered syn 提成 tí chéng to take a percentage (from a sum of money) / a commission / a cut 通关 通關 tōng guān to clear customs / (gaming) to finish (a game, a level, a stage, etc) syn 青云 青雲 qīng yún clear sky / fig. high official position / noble syn 明朗 míng lǎng adj. bright / clear / obvious / forthright / open-minded / bright and cheerful syn 停电 停電 tíng diàn to have a power failure / power cut 真切 zhēn qiè vivid / distinct / clear / sincere / honest syn 白皙 bái xī (of complexion or skin) fair and clear 明细 明細 míng xì clear and detailed / definite / details (are as follows:) syn 削减 削減 xuē jiǎn v. to cut down / to reduce / to lower syn 凸显 凸顯 tū xiǎn v. to present clearly / to give prominence to / to magnify / clear and obvious syn 清算 qīng suàn to settle accounts / to clear accounts / to liquidate / to expose and criticize 通畅 通暢 tōng chàng adj. unobstructed / clear / (of writing or thinking) coherent / fluent syn 切除 qiē chú v. to excise / to cut out (a tumor) syn 分身 fēn shēn (of one who has supernatural powers) to replicate oneself so as to appear in two or more places at the same time / a derivative version of sb (or sth) (e.g. avatar, proxy, clone, sockpuppet) / to spare some time for a separate task / to cut a corpse into pieces / to pull a body apart by the four limbs / parturition syn 紧缩 緊縮 jǐn suō v. (economics) to reduce / to curtail / to cut back / to tighten / austerity / tightening / crunch syn 简明 簡明 jiǎn míng simple and clear / concise syn 隔绝 隔絕 gé jué to cut off / to isolate / isolated (from the world) syn 清热 清熱 qīng rè to alleviate fever (medicine) / to clear internal heat (Chinese medicine) 划破 劃破 huá pò to cut open / to rip / to streak across (lightning, meteor etc) / to pierce (scream, searchlight etc) 爽朗 shuǎng lǎng clear and bright (of weather) / straightforward / candid / open syn 疏通 shū tōng v. to unblock / to dredge / to clear the way / to get things flowing / to facilitate / to mediate / to lobby / to explicate (a text) syn 断线 斷線 duàn xiàn (of a guitar, kite etc) to have a string break / (of a tradition etc) to be discontinued / (telephone or Internet connection) disconnected / cut off 切入 qiē rù to cut into / to penetrate deeply into (a topic, area etc) / (sports) (soccer etc) to penetrate (the defenses of the opposing team) / (cinema) to cut (to the next scene) 