亮
liàng
Pinyin

Definition

亮
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liàng
  1. bright
  2. clear
  3. resonant
  4. to shine
  5. to show
  6. to reveal

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

亮
liàng
  1. 1 bright
  2. 2 clear
  3. 3 resonant
  4. 4 to shine
  5. 5 to show
  6. 6 to reveal
漂亮
piào liang
  1. 1 pretty
  2. 2 beautiful
亮相
liàng xiàng
  1. 1 to strike a pose (Chinese opera)
  2. 2 (fig.) to make a public appearance
  3. 3 to come out in public (revealing one's true personality, opinions etc)
  4. 4 (of a product) to appear on the market or at a trade show etc
亮点
liàng diǎn
  1. 1 highlight
  2. 2 bright spot
天亮
tiān liàng
  1. 1 dawn
  2. 2 daybreak

Idioms (7)

三个臭皮匠，合成一个诸葛亮
sān gè chòu pí jiang , hé chéng yī gè Zhū gě Liàng
  1. 1 lit. three ignorant cobblers add up to a genius (idiom); fig. collective wisdom
三个臭皮匠，赛过一个诸葛亮
sān gè chòu pí jiang , sài guò yī gè Zhū gě Liàng
  1. 1 lit. three ignorant cobblers add up to a genius (idiom); fig. collective wisdom
  2. 2 wisdom of the masses exceeds that of any individual
三个臭皮匠，赛过诸葛亮
sān gè chòu pí jiang , sài guò Zhū gě Liàng
  1. 1 lit. three ignorant cobblers add up to a genius (idiom); fig. collective wisdom
  2. 2 wisdom of the masses exceeds that of any individual
三个臭皮匠，顶个诸葛亮
sān gè chòu pí jiang , dǐng gè Zhū gě Liàng
  1. 1 lit. three ignorant cobblers add up to a genius (idiom); fig. collective wisdom
  2. 2 wisdom of the masses exceeds that of any individual
事后诸葛亮
shì hòu Zhū gě Liàng
  1. 1 a genius in retrospect (idiom); hindsight is 20-20

Sample Sentences

夜深了，但她房间的灯还亮着。
yè shēn le ，dàn tā fángjiān de dēng hái liàng zhe 。
Still : It’s late at night, but her room light is still on.
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但这并不表示水星上没有水，1991年科学家在水星的北极地区观测到一个亮点，科学家推测那是水星地表的冰反射阳光形成的。
dàn zhè bìng bù biǎoshì Shuǐxīng shàng méiyǒu shuǐ ，yījiǔjiǔyī nián kēxuéjiā zài Shuǐxīng de běijí dìqū guāncè dào yīgē liàngdiǎn ，kēxuéjiā tuīcè nà shì Shuǐxīng dìbiǎo de bīng fǎnshè yángguāng xíngchéng de 。
But this doesn't mean that there is no water on Mercury. In 1991, Scientists observed a bright spot in the North pole area, which is conjectured that it is the reflection of sunlight from the ice on Mercury's surface.
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每天在值晚班准备打烊的时候，总会有一位女孩儿来买杯热拿铁外带。女孩儿的容貌挺漂亮，看上去气质也好，就是穿着打扮比较特别。2014年夏天的杭州那样炎热，她还是时常穿着一件复古风格的外套，看着有点儿像30年代的上海仕女穿越到现代的感觉。
měitiān zài zhí wǎn bān zhǔnbèi dǎyàng de shíhou ，zǒng huì yǒu yī wèi nǚháiēr lái mǎi bēi rè nátiě wàidài 。nǚháiēr de róngmào tǐng piàoliang ，kànshangqu qìzhì yě hǎo ，jiùshì chuānzhuódǎbàn bǐjiào tèbié 。èrlíngyīsì nián xiàtiān de Hángzhōu nàyàng yánrè ，tā háishi shícháng chuānzhuó yī jiàn fùgǔ fēnggé de wàitào ，kàn zhe yǒudiǎnr xiàng sānlíng niándài de Shànghǎi shìnǚ chuānyuè dào xiàndài de gǎnjué 。
There was always a girl who came to the shop and ordered a cup of latte to go when QinYu was working the night shift and was about to close. She had quite a pretty face and she looked elegant, although her outfit was somehow special. In 2014, the summer in Hangzhou was pretty hot, but she’s still wearing the vintage style jacket all the time. She looked a bit like a Shanghai lady in the 1930s, traveling to the present.
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点亮黑暗，赶不走孤单。
diǎnliàng hēiàn ，gǎn bù zǒu gūdān 。
You can't drive loneliness away even lighting up the darkness.
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这件衣服五颜六色，真漂亮。
zhè jiàn yīfu wǔyánliùsè ，zhēn piàoliang 。
This clothing is very colourful. It’s pretty.
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欧洲的国家都很漂亮，我都喜欢，我都想去。
Ōuzhōu de guójiā dōu hěn piàoliang ，wǒ dōu xǐhuan ，wǒ dōu xiǎng qù 。
All European countries are beautiful. I like them all. I want to visit them all.
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我的衣服。我最漂亮的衣服。
wǒ de yīfu 。wǒ zuì piàoliang de yīfu 。
My clothes. My most beautiful clothes.
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我也觉得中国很漂亮。
wǒ yě juéde Zhōngguó hěn piàoliang 。
I also think China is beautiful.
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太漂亮了
tài piàoliang le
Too pretty
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这个女孩太漂亮了。
zhège nǚhái tài piàoliang le 。
This girl is too pretty.
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