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开绿灯

kāi lǜ dēng

3-character word Traditional 開綠燈

What 开绿灯 means

1. to give the green light
2. to give the go-ahead

The characters in 开绿灯

• 开kāito open (transitive or intransitive); (of ships, vehicles, troops etc) to start…
• 绿lǜgreen; (slang) (derived from 绿帽子
• 灯dēnglamp; light; lantern

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