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míng

bright; brilliant; light, clear; distinct, open; overt; explicit, sharp-eyed; clear-sighted, aboveboard; honest, immediately following in time, sight, the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644), understand; know

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bright; clear; clear-sighted; honest; immediately following in time

understand

【医】 phanero-

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bright; clear; clear-sighted; honest; immediately; Ming

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míng

adj. apparent, bright, clear, clear sighted, next

míng

n. Ming Dynasty

míng

v. know, understand

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Ming Dynasty (1368-1644), surname Ming, Ming (c. 2000 BC), fourth of the legendary Flame Emperors, 炎帝, descended from Shennong 神農, 神农, Farmer God

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bright, opposite: dark 暗, (of meaning) clear, to understand, next, public or open, wise, generic term for a sacrifice to the gods

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明

míng

形

（明亮） bright; brilliant; light:

灯火通明 be brightly lit; be brilliantly illuminated;

一轮明月 a full moon;

（明白;清楚） clear; distinct:

查明 make sure;

充分说明 show clearly;

黑白分明 with black and white sharply contrasted;

下落不明 whereabouts unknown

(公开;显露在外;不隐蔽) open; overt; visible; apparent:

明里暗里支持 give both overt and covert support

（眼力好; 眼光正确; 对事物现象看得清） clear-sighted; sharp-eyed; discerning:

聪明 clever; intelligent;

精明 astute; shrewd; bright;

耳聪目明 have sharp ears and eyes

（心地光明） aboveboard; candid; honest:

光明磊落 open and aboveboard; plain dealing;

正大光明 open and aboveboard; just and honourable

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（懂得;了解） understand; comprehend; know:

深明大义 be deeply conscious of the righteousness of a cause;

不明利害 do not know gains and losses (advantages and disadvantages)

名

（朝代） the Ming Dynasty （1368-1644）

（视觉） sight:

失明 lose one's sight;

复明 regain one's sight

（次于今年、 今天的） immediately following in time:

明年 next year;

明晚 tomorrow evening

(书) （人世间） the world

（姓氏） a surname:

明玉珍 Ming Yuzhen

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Ⅰ. 明|明 [Míng] ► Ming Dynasty (1368-1644) ► surname Ming ► Ming (c. 2000 BC), fourth of the legendary Flame Emperors, ↑炎帝 [Yán dì] descended from Shennong ↑神農|↑神农 [Shén nóng] Farmer God

Ⅱ. 明|明 [míng] ► bright ► opposite: dark ↑暗 [àn] ► (of meaning) clear ► to understand ► next ► public or open ► wise ► generic term for a sacrifice to the gods