| 明修栈道，暗渡陈仓 | [ míng xiū zhàn daò àn dù chén cāng ] lit. repair the plank road by day while secretly crossing the Wei River 渭河[Wei4 He2] at Chencang (idiom, refers to a stratagem used by Liu Bang 劉邦|刘邦[Liu2 Bang1] in 206 BC against Xiang Yu 項羽|项羽[Xiang4 Yu3] of Chu), fig. to feign one thing while doing another, to cheat under cover of a diversion |
| 明光蓝 | [ míng guāng lán ] lavender blue |
| 明儿 | [ míng ] (coll.) tomorrow, one of these days, some day |
| 明儿个 | [ míng ge ] (coll.) tomorrow |
| 明古鲁 | [ míng gǔ lǔ ] Bengkulu (Indonesian town on the south coast of Sumatra) |
| 明古鲁市 | [ míng gǔ lǔ shì ] Bengkulu (Indonesian town on the south coast of Sumatra) |
| 明报 | [ míng baò ] Ming Pao newspaper (Hong Kong) |
| 明天启 | [ míng tiān qǐ ] Tianqi Emperor, reign name of fifteenth Ming emperor Zhu Youxiao 朱由校[Zhu1 You2 xiao4] (1605-1627), reigned 1620-1627, temple name 明熹宗[Ming2 Xi1 zong1] |
| 明天见 | [ míng tiān jiàn ] see you tomorrow, (coll., jocular) food that passes through the digestive system more or less intact (esp. enoki mushrooms) |
| 明察暗访 | [ míng chá àn fǎng ] open enquiries and secret search (idiom); to investigate openly and in secret, taking information from all sides |
| 明实录 | [ míng shí lù ] annals of the Ming Dynasty 明朝[Ming2 chao2] (1368-1644) |
| 明尼苏达 | [ míng ní sū dá ] Minnesota, USA |
| 明尼苏达州 | [ míng ní sū dá zhoū ] Minnesota |
| 明山区 | [ míng shān qū ] Mingshan district of Benxi city 本溪市, Liaoning |
| 明岗暗哨 | [ míng gǎng àn shaò ] both covert and undercover (officers) keeping watch (idiom) |
| 明德学院 | [ míng dé xué yuàn ] Middlebury College, private liberal arts college in Middlebury, Vermont |
| 明德镇 | [ míng dé zhèn ] Middlebury (name of town in Vermont) |
| 明摆着 | [ míng baǐ zhe ] evident, clear, undoubted |
| 明文规定 | [ míng wén guī dìng ] expressly stipulated (in writing) |
| 明日黄花 | [ míng rì huáng huā ] lit. chrysanthemums after the Double Ninth Festival (idiom), fig. outdated, thing of the past, dead letter |
| 明智之举 | [ míng zhì zhī jǔ ] sensible act |
| 明月清风 | [ míng yuè qīng fēng ] see 清風明月|清风明月[qing1 feng1 ming2 yue4] |
| 明朝体 | [ míng chaó tǐ ] Mincho font |
| 明查暗访 | [ míng chá àn fǎng ] open enquiries and secret search (idiom); to investigate openly and in secret, taking information from all sides |
| 明枪好躲，暗箭难防 | [ míng qiāng haǒ duǒ àn jiàn nán fáng ] lit. easy to dodge the spear in the open, hard to avoid a stab in the dark (idiom); it is hard to guard against secret conspiracies |
| 明枪易躲，暗箭难防 | [ míng qiāng yì duǒ àn jiàn nán fáng ] lit. easy to dodge the spear in the open, hard to avoid a stab in the dark (idiom); it is hard to guard against secret conspiracies |
| 明水县 | [ míng shuǐ xiàn ] Mingshui county in Suihua 綏化|绥化, Heilongjiang |
| 明治维新 | [ míng zhì weí xīn ] Meiji Restoration (Japan, 1868) |
| 明净 | [ míng jìng ] bright and clean, luminous |
| 明溪县 | [ míng xī xiàn ] Mingxi county in Sanming 三明[San1 ming2], Fujian |
| 明灭 | [ míng miè ] to flicker, to flash on and off, to brighten and fade |
| 明争暗斗 | [ míng zhēng àn doù ] to fight openly and maneuver covertly (idiom) |
| 明目张胆 | [ míng mù zhāng dǎn ] openly and without fear, brazenly |
| 明眸皓齿 | [ míng moú haò chǐ ] to have bright eyes and white teeth |
| 明了 | [ míng ] to understand clearly, to be clear about, plain, clear |
| 明知故问 | [ míng zhī gù wèn ] to ask a question, already knowing the answer |
| 明确 | [ míng què ] clear-cut, definite, explicit, to clarify, to specify, to make definite |
| 明码 | [ míng mǎ ] non-secret code (such as Morse code, Chinese telegraph code, ASCII etc), plaintext (cryptography), (of prices) clearly marked |
| 明矾 | [ míng fán ] alum |
| 明窗净几 | [ míng chuāng jìng jī ] lit. clear window and clean table (idiom); fig. bright and clean (room) |
| 明细 | [ míng xì ] clear and detailed, definite, details (are as follows:) |
| 明细表 | [ míng xì ] schedule, subsidiary ledger, a detailed list |
| 明胶 | [ míng ] gelatin |
| 明处 | [ míng chù ] clear place, out in the open |
| 明虾 | [ míng xiā ] prawn |
| 明里暗里 | [ míng lǐ àn lǐ ] overtly and secretly, explicitly and implicitly |
| 明订 | [ míng dìng ] to stipulate, to state expressly, to explicitly provide for |
| 明证 | [ míng zhèng ] clear proof |
| 明达 | [ míng dá ] reasonable, of good judgment |
| 明达事理 | [ míng dá shì lǐ ] reasonable, sensible |
| 明镜 | [ míng jìng ] Der Spiegel |
| 明镜 | [ míng jìng ] mirror (as a metaphor for sth beautiful, bright and flat -- such as a lake -- or sth that provides clarity and insight) |
| 明镜高悬 | [ míng jìng gaō xuán ] perspicacious and impartial in judgment (idiom) |
| 明显 | [ míng xiǎn ] clear, distinct, obvious |
| 明体 | [ míng tǐ ] Mincho, Song font |
| 明丽 | [ míng lì ] bright and beautiful, (of a landscape) gorgeous, (of a color) vibrant |
| ⇒ 不明就里 | [ bù míng jiù lǐ ] not to understand the situation, unaware of the ins and outs |
| ⇒ 不明确 | [ bù míng què ] indefinite, unclear |
| ⇒ 不明觉厉 | [ bù míng jué lì ] although I don't understand it, it seems pretty awesome (Internet slang) |
| ⇒ 不明飞行物 | [ bù míng feī xíng wù ] unidentified flying object (UFO) |
| ⇒ 不说自明 | [ bù shuō zì míng ] self-explanatory, self-evident (idiom) |
| ⇒ 事后聪明 | [ shì hoù cōng ming ] wise after the event (idiom); with hindsight, one should have predicted it |
| ⇒ 以资证明 | [ yǐ zī zhèng míng ] in support or witness hereof (idiom) |
| ⇒ 来历不明 | [ laí lì bù míng ] of unknown origin |
| ⇒ 来路不明 | [ laí lù bù míng ] unidentified origin, no-one knows where it comes from, of dubious background |
| ⇒ 先见之明 | [ xiān jiàn zhī míng ] foresight |
| ⇒ 光明新区 | [ guāng míng xīn qū ] New Guangming district of Shenzhen City 深圳市[Shen1 zhen4 shi4], Guangdong |
| ⇒ 光明日报 | [ guāng míng rì baò ] Guangming Daily, a Beijing newspaper |
| ⇒ 光明节 | [ guāng míng jié ] Hanukkah (Chanukah), 8 day Jewish holiday starting on the 25th day of Kislev (can occur from late Nov up to late Dec on Gregorian calendar), also called 哈努卡節|哈努卡节 and simply 哈努卡 |
| ⇒ 免责声明 | [ miǎn zé shēng míng ] disclaimer |
| ⇒ 两河文明 | [ liǎng hé wén míng ] Mesopotamian civilization |
| ⇒ 具体说明 | [ jù tǐ shuō míng ] explicit explanation, to specify |
| ⇒ 兼听则明，偏信则暗 | [ jiān tīng zé míng piān xìn zé àn ] listen to both sides and you will be enlightened; heed only one side and you will remain ignorant (idiom) |
| ⇒ 冰炭不言，冷热自明 | [ bīng tàn bù yán lěng rè zì míng ] ice or coals, whether hot or cold goes without saying (idiom); fig. sincerity is not expressed in words |
| ⇒ 冰雪聪明 | [ bīng xuě cōng ming ] exceptionally intelligent (idiom) |
| ⇒ 出生证明 | [ chū shēng zhèng míng ] birth certificate, CL:張|张[zhang1] |
| ⇒ 出生证明书 | [ chū shēng zhèng míng shū ] birth certificate, CL:張|张[zhang1] |
| ⇒ 半明不灭 | [ bàn míng bù miè ] dull (lamplight) |
| ⇒ 南明区 | [ nán míng qū ] Nanming District of Guiyang City 貴陽市|贵阳市[Gui4 yang2 Shi4], Guizhou |
| ⇒ 另请高明 | [ lìng qǐng gaō míng ] please find sb better qualified than me (idiom) |
| ⇒ 吴天明 | [ wú tiān míng ] Wu Tianming (1939-), PRC film director |
| ⇒ 启明 | [ qǐ míng ] Classical Chinese name for planet Venus in the east before dawn |
| ⇒ 启明星 | [ qǐ míng xīng ] (astronomy) Venus |
| ⇒ 严明 | [ yán míng ] strict and impartial, firm |
| ⇒ 四大发明 | [ sì dà fā míng ] the four great Chinese inventions: paper, printing, magnetic compass and gunpowder |
| ⇒ 圆明园 | [ yuán míng yuán ] Yuanmingyuan, the Old Summer Palace, destroyed by the British and French army in 1860 |
| ⇒ 图解说明 | [ tú jiě shuō míng ] explanatory diagram |
| ⇒ 坚明 | [ jiān míng ] to consolidate and clarify |
| ⇒ 外国人居住证明 | [ waì guó rén jū zhù zhèng míng ] foreigner's certificate of residence |
| ⇒ 多明尼加共和国 | [ duō míng ní jiā gòng hé guó ] Dominican Republic (Tw) |
| ⇒ 多明尼加联邦 | [ duō míng ní jiā lián bāng ] the Commonwealth of Dominica (Tw) |
| ⇒ 大明历 | [ dà míng lì ] the 5th century Chinese calendar established by Zu Chongzhi 祖沖之|祖冲之 |
| ⇒ 大明虾 | [ dà míng xiā ] king prawn |
| ⇒ 孔明灯 | [ kǒng míng dēng ] sky lantern (miniature hot-air balloon used during festivals) |
| ⇒ 宣誓供词证明 | [ xuān shì gòng cí zhèng míng ] affidavit, deposition (law) |
| ⇒ 察察为明 | [ chá chá weí míng ] keenly observant of trivial details |
| ⇒ 宁明 | [ níng míng ] Ningming county in Chongzuo 崇左[Chong2 zuo3], Guangxi |
| ⇒ 宁明县 | [ níng míng xiàn ] Ningming county in Chongzuo 崇左[Chong2 zuo3], Guangxi |
| ⇒ 小聪明 | [ cōng ming ] clever-clever, clever in trivial matters, sharp but petty-minded |
| ⇒ 崇明岛 | [ chóng míng daǒ ] Chongming Island |
| ⇒ 崇明县 | [ chóng míng xiàn ] Chongming island county, Shanghai |
| ⇒ 嵩明县 | [ sōng míng xiàn ] Songming county in Kunming 昆明[Kun1 ming2], Yunnan |
| ⇒ 彰明较著 | [ zhāng míng zhù ] obvious, clear for all to see |
| ⇒ 后见之明 | [ hoù jiàn zhī míng ] hindsight |
| ⇒ 复明 | [ fù míng ] to restore the Ming dynasty |
| ⇒ 复明 | [ fù míng ] to regain one's eyesight, (astronomy) emersion |
| ⇒ 思明区 | [ sī míng qū ] Siming district of Xiamen city 廈門市|厦门市[Xia4 men2 shi4] (Amoy), Fujian |
| ⇒ 爱憎分明 | [ aì zēng fēn míng ] to make a clear difference between what one likes and what one hates, to have well-defined likes and dislikes |
| ⇒ 怀俄明 | [ é míng ] Wyoming, US state |
| ⇒ 怀俄明州 | [ é míng zhoū ] Wyoming, US state |
| ⇒ 招股说明书 | [ zhaō gǔ shuō míng shū ] prospectus |
| ⇒ 揣着明白装糊涂 | [ zhe míng bai zhuāng hú tu ] to pretend to not know, to play dumb |
| ⇒ 摆明 | [ baǐ míng ] to show clearly |
| ⇒ 放着明白装糊涂 | [ fàng zhe míng bai zhuāng hú tu ] to pretend not to know (idiom) |
| ⇒ 叙明 | [ xù míng ] detailed accounting |
| ⇒ 文征明 | [ wén zhēng míng ] Wen Zhengming (1470-1559), Ming painter, one of Four great southern talents of the Ming 江南四大才子 |
| ⇒ 旗帜鲜明 | [ qí zhì xiān míng ] to show one's colors, to have a clear-cut stand (idiom) |
| ⇒ 暗察明访 | [ àn chá míng fǎng ] open enquiries and secret search (idiom); to investigate openly and in secret, taking information from all sides |
| ⇒ 本杰明 | [ běn jié míng ] Benjamin (person name) |
| ⇒ 本杰明b7富兰克林 | [ běn jié míng fù lán kè lín ] Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790), American writer, scientist, inventor, politician and diplomat |
| ⇒ 东方文明 | [ dōng fāng wén míng ] Eastern civilization |
| ⇒ 东方明珠塔 | [ dōng fāng míng zhū tǎ ] Oriental Pearl Tower |
| ⇒ 东方明珠电视塔 | [ dōng fāng míng zhū diàn shì tǎ ] Oriental Pearl Television Tower |
| ⇒ 东明 | [ dōng míng ] Dongming county in Heze 菏澤|菏泽[He2 ze2], Shandong |
| ⇒ 东明县 | [ dōng míng xiàn ] Dongming county in Heze 菏澤|菏泽[He2 ze2], Shandong |
| ⇒ 弃暗投明 | [ qì àn toú míng ] to renounce the dark and seek the light, to give up one's wrong way of life and turn to a better one |
| ⇒ 标明 | [ míng ] to mark, to indicate |
| ⇒ 机关算尽太聪明，反算了卿卿性命 | [ jī guān suàn jìn taì cōng ming fǎn suàn le qīng qīng xìng mìng ] if one is too calculating, it will be the cause of one's own undoing (famous line in "A Dream of Red Mansions" 紅樓夢|红楼梦[Hong2 lou2 Meng4]) |
| ⇒ 权利声明 | [ quán lì shēng míng ] copyright statement |
| ⇒ 决明 | [ jué míng ] (botany) cassia |
| ⇒ 决明子 | [ jué míng zǐ ] (botany) cassia seed |
| ⇒ 泾渭分明 | [ jīng weì fēn míng ] as rivers Jing and Wei separate clearly (idiom), to be entirely different |
| ⇒ 深明大义 | [ shēn míng dà yì ] to have a high notion of one's duty, to be highly principled |
| ⇒ 清明节 | [ qīng míng jié ] Qingming or Pure Brightness Festival or Tomb Sweeping Day, celebration for the dead (in early April) |
| ⇒ 清风明月 | [ qīng fēng míng yuè ] lit. cool breeze and bright moon (idiom), fig. peaceful and clear night, (allusively) living a solitary and quiet life |
| ⇒ 汉明帝 | [ hàn míng dì ] Emperor Ming of Han (28-75), Western Han Dynasty Emperor 58-75 |
| ⇒ 无明 | [ wú míng ] avidya (Buddhism), ignorance, delusion |
| ⇒ 照明弹 | [ zhaò míng dàn ] flare, star shell |
| ⇒ 灯火通明 | [ dēng huǒ tōng míng ] brightly lit |
| ⇒ 物质文明 | [ wù zhì wén míng ] material culture |
| ⇒ 物质文明和精神文明 | [ wù zhì wén míng hé jīng shén wén míng ] material and spiritual culture, matter and mind, material progress, ideology and culture (philosophic slogan, adopted into Deng Xiaoping theory from 1978) |
| ⇒ 物质文明和精神文明 | [ wù zhì wén míng hé jīng shén wén míng ] material and spiritual culture, matter and mind, material progress, ideology and culture (philosophic slogan, adopted into Deng Xiaoping theory from 1978) |
| ⇒ 王阳明 | [ wáng yáng míng ] Wang Yangming (1472-1529), Ming dynasty Neo-Confucian philosopher, influential in the School of Mind 心學|心学[xin1 xue2] |
| ⇒ 发明 | [ fā míng ] to invent, an invention, CL:個|个[ge4] |
| ⇒ 发明人 | [ fā míng rén ] inventor |
| ⇒ 发明创造 | [ fā míng chuàng zaò ] to invent and innovate, inventions and innovations |
| ⇒ 发明家 | [ fā míng jiā ] inventor |
| ⇒ 发明者 | [ fā míng zhě ] inventor |
| ⇒ 皓齿明眸 | [ haò chǐ míng moú ] white teeth and bright eyes (idiom); lovely young woman |
| ⇒ 砷凡纳明 | [ shēn fán nà míng ] arsphenamine |
| ⇒ 窗明几净 | [ chuāng míng jī jìng ] lit. clear window and clean table (idiom), fig. bright and clean |
| ⇒ 简单明了 | [ jiǎn dān míng ] clear and simple, in simple terms |
| ⇒ 简明 | [ jiǎn míng ] simple and clear, concise |
| ⇒ 简明扼要 | [ jiǎn míng è yaò ] brief and to the point (idiom), succinct |
| ⇒ 精明强干 | [ jīng míng qiáng gàn ] intelligent and capable (idiom) |
| ⇒ 精明能干 | [ jīng míng néng gàn ] able and efficient |
| ⇒ 细明体 | [ xì míng tǐ ] Mincho narrow font |
| ⇒ 绝顶聪明 | [ jué dǐng cōng ming ] extremely bright (idiom) |
| ⇒ 总会三明治 | [ zǒng huì sān míng zhì ] club sandwich |
| ⇒ 耍小聪明 | [ shuǎ cōng ming ] to get smart, to resort to petty tricks |
| ⇒ 耳聪目明 | [ ěr cōng mù míng ] sharp ears and keen eyes (idiom), keen and alert, perceptive |
| ⇒ 圣佛明节 | [ shèng fó míng jié ] Fiesta de Saint Fermin, festival held annually in Pamplona, Spain |
| ⇒ 圣多明各 | [ shèng duō míng gè ] Santo Domingo, capital of the Dominican Republic |
| ⇒ 圣多明哥 | [ shèng duō míng gē ] Santo Domingo, capital of Dominican Republic (Tw) |
| ⇒ 圣明 | [ shèng míng ] enlightened sage, brilliant master (flattering words applied to ruler) |
| ⇒ 联合声明 | [ lián hé shēng míng ] joint declaration |
| ⇒ 聪明 | [ cōng ming ] intelligent, clever, bright, smart, acute (of sight and hearing) |
| ⇒ 聪明一世，懵懂一时 | [ cōng ming yī shì měng dǒng yī shí ] see 聰明一世，糊塗一時|聪明一世，糊涂一时[cong1 ming5 yi1 shi4 , hu2 tu5 yi1 shi2] |
| ⇒ 聪明一世，糊涂一时 | [ cōng ming yī shì hú tu yī shí ] even the wisest can have a momentary lapse in judgment (idiom), every man has a fool in his sleeve |
| ⇒ 聪明伶俐 | [ cōng ming líng lì ] clever and quick-witted |
| ⇒ 聪明反被聪明误 | [ cōng míng fǎn beì cōng míng wù ] a clever person may become the victim of his own ingenuity (idiom); cleverness may overreach itself, too smart for one's own good |
| ⇒ 聪明反被聪明误 | [ cōng míng fǎn beì cōng míng wù ] a clever person may become the victim of his own ingenuity (idiom); cleverness may overreach itself, too smart for one's own good |
| ⇒ 聪明才智 | [ cōng ming caí zhì ] intelligence and wisdom |
| ⇒ 聪明绝顶 | [ cōng ming jué dǐng ] highly intelligent (idiom) |
| ⇒ 聪明过头 | [ cōng ming guò toú ] too clever by half, excessive ingenuity |
| ⇒ 声明 | [ shēng míng ] to state, to declare, statement, declaration, CL:項|项[xiang4],份[fen4] |
| ⇒ 声明书 | [ shēng míng shū ] statement |
| ⇒ 胂凡纳明 | [ shèn fán nà míng ] arsphenamine |
| ⇒ 自作聪明 | [ zì zuò cōng míng ] to think oneself clever (idiom) |
| ⇒ 英明果断 | [ yīng míng guǒ duàn ] wise and resolute |
| ⇒ 蓄须明志 | [ xù xū míng zhì ] to grow a beard as a symbol of one's determination (as Mei Lanfang 梅蘭芳|梅兰芳[Mei2 Lan2 fang1] growing a beard and refusing to perform for the Japanese) |
| ⇒ 亵渎神明 | [ xiè dú shén míng ] to blaspheme, to commit sacrilege |
| ⇒ 亲兄弟，明算帐 | [ qīn xiōng dì míng suàn zhàng ] even with your own brother, keep clear accounts (idiom) |
| ⇒ 订明 | [ dìng míng ] to stipulate, to state expressly, to explicitly provide for |
| ⇒ 词约指明 | [ cí yuē zhǐ míng ] concise but unambiguous (idiom) |
| ⇒ 认明 | [ rèn míng ] to identify, to authenticate |
| ⇒ 说明 | [ shuō míng ] to explain, to illustrate, to indicate, to show, to prove, explanation, directions, caption, CL:個|个[ge4] |
| ⇒ 说明书 | [ shuō míng shū ] (technical) manual, (book of) directions, synopsis (of a play or film), specification (patent), CL:本[ben3] |
| ⇒ 说明会 | [ shuō míng huì ] information meeting |
| ⇒ 讲明 | [ jiǎng míng ] to explain |
| ⇒ 证明 | [ zhèng míng ] proof, certificate, identification, testimonial, CL:個|个[ge4], to prove, to testify, to confirm the truth of |
| ⇒ 证明力 | [ zhèng míng lì ] probative value, strength of evidence in legal proof, relevance |
| ⇒ 证明完毕 | [ zhèng míng wán bì ] QED, end of proof (math.) |
| ⇒ 证明文件 | [ zhèng míng wén jiàn ] identification document, documentary proof |
| ⇒ 证明书 | [ zhèng míng shū ] certificate |
| ⇒ 贤明 | [ xián míng ] wise and capable, sagacious |
| ⇒ 质明 | [ zhì míng ] at dawn |
| ⇒ 赶明儿 | [ gǎn míng ] (coll.) some day, one of these days |
| ⇒ 赵公明 | [ zhaò gōng míng ] Zhao Gongming, God of Wealth in the Chinese folk tradition and Taoism |
| ⇒ 身份证明 | [ shēn fèn zhèng míng ] ID card, proof of identity |
| ⇒ 载明 | [ zaǐ míng ] to state explicitly in writing, to specify, to stipulate |
| ⇒ 轮廓鲜明 | [ lún kuò xiān míng ] sharp image, clear-cut, in bold outline, in sharp relief |
| ⇒ 辩明 | [ biàn míng ] to explain clearly, to elucidate |
| ⇒ 透明硬纱 | [ toù míng yìng shā ] organza (fabric) |
| ⇒ 透明胶 | [ toù míng ] Scotch tape |
| ⇒ 透明质酸 | [ toù míng zhì suān ] hyaluronic acid, hyaluronan |
| ⇒ 达尔罕茂明安联合旗 | [ dá ěr hǎn maò míng ān lián hé qí ] Darhan Muming'an united banner in Baotou 包頭|包头[Bao1 tou2], Inner Mongolia |
| ⇒ 金明区 | [ jīn míng qū ] Jinming district of Kaifeng city 開封市|开封市[Kai1 feng1 shi4], Henan |
| ⇒ 长夜难明 | [ cháng yè nán míng ] lit. many nights under a harsh moon, long years of oppression (idiom) |
| ⇒ 长明灯 | [ cháng míng dēng ] altar lamp burning day and night |
| ⇒ 开宗明义 | [ kaī zōng míng yì ] to declare at the outset (idiom) |
| ⇒ 开明 | [ kaī míng ] enlightened, open-minded, enlightenment |
| ⇒ 开明君主 | [ kaī míng jūn zhǔ ] enlightened sovereign |
| ⇒ 阐明 | [ chǎn míng ] to elucidate, to explain clearly, to expound |
| ⇒ 陈炯明 | [ chén jiǒng míng ] Chen Jiongming (1878-1933), a leading warlord of Guangdong faction, defeated in 1925 and fled to Hong Kong |
| ⇒ 陶渊明 | [ taó yuān míng ] Tao Yuanming (c. 365-427), Jin dynasty writer and poet |
| ⇒ 阳光明媚 | [ yáng guāng míng meì ] the sun shines brightly (idiom) |
| ⇒ 阳明 | [ yáng míng ] Yangming district of Mudanjiang city 牡丹江市, Heilongjiang |
| ⇒ 阳明区 | [ yáng míng qū ] Yangming district of Mudanjiang city 牡丹江市, Heilongjiang |
| ⇒ 阳明山 | [ yáng míng shān ] Mt Yangming in Hunan, Mt Yangming in north Taiwan, near Taibei |
| ⇒ 电照明 | [ diàn zhaò míng ] electric lighting |
| ⇒ 需要是发明之母 | [ xū yaò shì fā míng zhī mǔ ] Necessity is the mother of invention (European proverb). |
| ⇒ 显明 | [ xiǎn míng ] to reveal, make known |
| ⇒ 验明 | [ yàn míng ] to ascertain, to identify, to verify (sb's identity etc) |
| ⇒ 验明正身 | [ yàn míng zhèng shēn ] to identify, to verify sb's identity, identification |
| ⇒ 高明区 | [ gaō míng qū ] Gaoming District of Foshan City 佛山市[Fo2 shan1 Shi4], Guangdong |
| ⇒ 鲜明 | [ xiān míng ] bright, clear-cut, distinct |
| ⇒ 鲜明个性 | [ xiān míng gè xìng ] individuality, clear-cut personality |
| ⇒ 黎明时分 | [ lí míng shí fēn ] daybreak, at the crack of dawn |
| ⇒ 黑泽明 | [ heī zé míng ] Kurosawa Akira (1910-1998) Japanese movie director |
| ⇒ 点明 | [ diǎn míng ] to point out |
