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绿灯

lǜ dēng

2-character word Traditional 綠燈

What 绿灯 means

1. green light (traffic signal)
2. (fig.) permission to proceed

The characters in 绿灯

• 绿lǜgreen; (slang) (derived from 绿帽子
• 灯dēnglamp; light; lantern

Example sentences

• 现在是绿灯。
  Xiànzài shì lǜdēng.
  The light is green.
• 红绿灯变成绿色了。
  The traffic light turned green.
• 红绿灯一直在运作。
  Traffic lights work all the time.
• 在第一个红绿灯左转。
  Turn left at the first light.
• 红绿灯现在是绿色的。
  The light is green now.
• 绿灯时，拐弯车要让人。
  Lǜdēng shí, guǎiwān chē yào ràng rén.
  When the light is green, cars turning must yield to pedestrians.

Words containing 绿灯

• 红绿灯hóng lǜ dēngtraffic light; traffic signal
• 开绿灯kāi lǜ dēngto give the green light; to give the go-ahead