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分明

fēn míng

HSK 6 2-character word

What 分明 means

1. clear
2. distinct
3. evidently
4. clearly

The characters in 分明

• 分fēnto divide; to separate; to distribute; to allocate; to distinguish (good and bad)
• 明míngbright; opposite: dark 暗; (of meaning) clear

Example sentences

• 他们分明说了谎。
  Tāmen fēnmíng shuō le huǎng.
  It was obvious that they had told a lie.

Words containing 分明

• 黑白分明hēi bái fēn mínglit. black and white clearly contrasted (idiom); fig. unambiguous; black-and-white…
• 层次分明céng cì fēn mínglayered; structured; made up of distinct parts
• 是非分明shì fēi fēn míngto distinguish right from wrong (idiom)
• 爱憎分明ài zēng fēn míngto make a clear difference between what one likes and what one hates…
• 泾渭分明Jīng Wèi fēn míngas rivers Jing and Wei separate clearly (idiom); to be entirely different