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借光

jiè guāng

2-character word

What 借光 means

1. excuse me (i.e. let me through, please)
2. reflected glory
3. to benefit from sb else's prestige

The characters in 借光

• 借jièto borrow; (used in combination with 给; to make use of; to avail oneself of
• 光guānglight; ray; bright; shiny; only; merely

Example sentences

• 月本无光，借光于日，返照夜之游子。
  Yuè běn wú guāng, jièguāng yú rì, fǎn zhào yè zhī yóuzǐ.
  The moon has no light of its own, but rather it reflects the light of the sun to the children of the night.