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光明

guāng míng

Old HSK 5 HSK 3.0 level 5 2-character word

光明 (guāng míng) means "bright (often figurative, e.g. future)". It is an HSK 3.0 level 5 word, and was HSK 5 in the old six-level list.

What 光明 means

1. light
2. radiance
3. (fig.) bright (prospects etc)
4. openhearted

The characters in 光明

• 光guānglight; ray; bright; shiny; only; merely
• 明míngbright; opposite: dark 暗; (of meaning) clear

Example sentences

• 汤姆重见光明。
  Tom regained his sight.
• 你有光明的未来。
  You have a bright future.
• 不论黑暗如何辽阔，我们都必须提供自身的光明。
  Bù lùn hēi'àn rúhé liáokuò, wǒmen dōu bìxū tígōng zìshēn de guāngmíng.
  However vast the darkness, we must supply our own light.
• 不存在没有阴影的光明，也不存在没有光明的阴影。
  There's no light without shade, and no shade without light.
• 最光明的处世方法是既蔑视社会的因袭，又过着与社会的因袭不相矛盾的生活。
  Zuì guāngmíng de chǔshì fāngfǎ shì jì mièshì shèhuì de yīnxí, yòu guo zhe yǔ shèhuì de yīnxí bù xiāng máodùn de shēnghuó.
  The most enlightened way of living is to despise social conventions while at the same time living your life in conformity to them.
• 黑板上写满了数学方程式，老师正用一把砍刀当教鞭讲解。黑板上方写着一句格言，大概是为了激励学生：「学习并遵循胡志明主席的教诲，我们的心灵更加光明！」
  A blackboard had been covered with math equations, which the teacher was explaining, using a machete as a pointer. Above the blackboard was a motto, probably intended to be inspirational: "Studying and following Uncle Ho's words, our hearts are brighter!"

Words starting with 光明

• 光明日报Guāng míng Rì bàoGuangming Daily, a Beijing newspaper
• 光明正大guāng míng zhèng dà(of a person) honorable; not devious; (of a behavior) fair and aboveboard…
• 光明磊落guāng míng lěi luòopen and candid (idiom); straightforward and upright
• 光明区Guāng míng QūGuangming, a district of Shenzhen City 深圳市
• 光明节Guāng míng jiéHanukkah (Chanukah), 8 day Jewish holiday starting on the 25th day of Kislev…

Words containing 光明

• 正大光明zhèng dà guāng míngjust and honorable
• 大放光明dà fàng guāng míngto shine brightly; (fig.) to show promise; to be on the up and up
• 春光明媚chūn guāng míng mèilovely spring sunshine
• 阳光明媚yáng guāng míng mèithe sun shines brightly (idiom)

Where 光明 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of Scenery, Light, Beauty & Honor (HSK 5), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

Go deeper

• Every HSK 5 word, with the rest of its level.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read guāng míng correctly.
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