míng

bright, light, brilliant; clear

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DEFINITIONS

明 míng
  • Ming Dynasty (1368-1644)
  • surname Ming
  • Ming (c. 2000 BC), fourth of the legendary Flame Emperors, 炎帝[Yan2 di4] descended from Shennong 神農|神农[Shen2 nong2] Farmer God
  • bright
  • opposite: dark 暗[an4]
  • (of meaning) clear
  • to understand
  • next
  • public or open
  • wise
  • generic term for a sacrifice to the gods

STROKES

明 stroke order diagram
明 stroke order animation

WORDS

涇渭分 jīng wèi fēn míng as rivers Jing and Wei separate clearly (idiom); to be entirely different
淡泊志 dàn bó míng zhì living a simple life as one's ideal (idiom)
大義 shēn míng dà yì to have a high notion of one's duty; to be highly principled
节 qīng míng jié Qingming or Pure Brightness Festival or Tomb Sweeping Day, celebration for the dead (in early April)
節 qīng míng jié Qingming or Pure Brightness Festival or Tomb Sweeping Day, celebration for the dead (in early April)
清正廉 qīng zhèng lián míng upright and honest
清风月 qīng fēng míng yuè lit. cool breeze and bright moon (idiom); fig. peaceful and clear night; (allusively) living a solitary and quiet life
清風月 qīng fēng míng yuè lit. cool breeze and bright moon (idiom); fig. peaceful and clear night; (allusively) living a solitary and quiet life
帝 hàn míng dì Emperor Ming of Han (28-75), Western Han Dynasty Emperor 58-75
帝 hàn míng dì Emperor Ming of Han (28-75), Western Han Dynasty Emperor 58-75
wú míng avidyā (Buddhism); ignorance; delusion
wú míng avidyā (Buddhism); ignorance; delusion
彈 zhào míng dàn flare; star shell
灯火通 dēng huǒ tōng míng brightly lit
燈火通 dēng huǒ tōng míng brightly lit
物质文 wù zhì wén míng material culture
物質文 wù zhì wén míng material culture
物质文和精神文 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)
物質文和精神文 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)
wáng míng Wang Ming (1904-1974), Soviet trained Chinese communist, Comintern and Soviet stooge and left adventurist in the 1930s, fell out with Mao and moved to Soviet Union from 1956
王阳 wáng yáng míng Wang Yangming (1472-1529), Ming dynasty Neo-Confucian philosopher, influential in the School of Mind 心學|心学[xin1 xue2]
王陽 wáng yáng míng Wang Yangming (1472-1529), Ming dynasty Neo-Confucian philosopher, influential in the School of Mind 心學|心学[xin1 xue2]
班雅 bān yǎ míng Benjamin (name)
fā míng to invent; an invention; CL:個|个[ge4]
人 fā míng rén inventor