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鲜明

xiān míng

Old HSK 6 HSK 3.0 level 6 2-character word Traditional 鮮明

鲜明 (xiān míng) means "bright; distinct; clear-cut". It is an HSK 3.0 level 6 word, and was HSK 6 in the old six-level list.

What 鲜明 means

1. (of colors) bright; fresh and clear
2. clear-cut; distinct

The characters in 鲜明

• 鲜xiānfresh; bright (in color); delicious
• 明míngbright; opposite: dark 暗; (of meaning) clear

Example sentences

• 广场被鲜明的灯火照亮。
  Guǎngchǎng bèi xiānmíng de dēnghuǒ zhàoliàng.
  The square was illuminated by bright lights.
• 新的旗袍又修长又紧身，也有短裙摆，与传统式样构成了鲜明的对比。
  Slender and form-fitting with a high cut, the new qipao contrasted sharply with the traditional one.
• 新的旗袍又修长又紧身，也有高级的剪裁，与传统式样的构成了鲜明的对比。
  Xīn de qípáo yòu xiūcháng yòu jǐnshēn, yě yǒu gāojí de jiǎncái, yǔ chuántǒng shìyàng de gòuchéng le xiānmíng de duìbǐ.
  Slender and form-fitting with a high cut, the new qipao contrasted sharply with the traditional one.

Words starting with 鲜明

• 鲜明个性xiān míng gè xìngindividuality; clear-cut personality

Words containing 鲜明

• 旗帜鲜明qí zhì xiān míngto show one's colors; to have a clear-cut stand (idiom)
• 轮廓鲜明lún kuò xiān míngsharp image; clear-cut; in bold outline

Where 鲜明 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of HSK 6 Vocabulary · xián–xiǎn (HSK 6), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

Go deeper

• Every HSK 6 word, with the rest of its level.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read xiān míng correctly.
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