灯笼 (燈籠)
dēng lóng
Pinyin

Definition

灯笼 (燈籠)
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dēng lóng
  1. lantern

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

灯
dēng
  1. 1 lamp
  2. 2 light
  3. 3 lantern
  4. 4 classifier: 盏 zhǎn
灯光
dēng guāng
  1. 1 (stage) lighting
  2. 2 light
灯笼
dēng lóng
  1. 1 lantern
冰灯
bīng dēng
  1. 1 ice lantern
吊灯
diào dēng
  1. 1 hanging lamp

Idioms (6)

吹灯拔蜡
chuī dēng bá là
  1. 1 lit. to blow out the lamp and put out the candle (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to die
  3. 3 to bite the dust
  4. 4 to be over and done with
张灯结彩
zhāng dēng jié cǎi
  1. 1 to be decorated with lanterns and colored banners (idiom)
挑灯夜战
tiǎo dēng yè zhàn
  1. 1 to raise a lantern and fight at night (idiom); fig. to work into the night
  2. 2 to burn the midnight oil
槛花笼鹤
jiàn huā lóng hè
  1. 1 a flower in a cage, a crane in a basket (idiom); prisoner
灯红酒绿
dēng hóng jiǔ lǜ
  1. 1 lanterns red, wine green (idiom); feasting and pleasure-seeking
  2. 2 debauched and corrupt environment

Sample Sentences

噢，像大红灯笼，很有中国传统特色嘛。
ò ，xiàng dàhóngdēnglong ，hěn yǒu Zhōngguó chuántǒng tèsè ma 。
Oh, it looks like a big red lantern. It really has a lot of traditional Chinese character.
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