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精光

jīng guāng

2-character word

What 精光 means

1. nothing left (money, food etc)
2. all finished
3. bright and shiny
4. radiant
5. glorious

The characters in 精光

• 精jīngessence; extract; vitality
• 光guānglight; ray; bright; shiny; only; merely

Example sentences

• 票不到一个钟头就卖得精光。
  All the tickets sold out in an hour.
• 看着自己的房子被烧得精光，他顿时丧失了理智。
  Kàn zhe zìjǐ de fángzi bèi shāo de jīngguāng, tā dùnshí sàngshī le lǐzhì.
  He lost his reason when he saw his house burn down.

Sounds the same

Read jīng guāng, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 晶光glittering light