灯谜 (燈謎)
dēng mí
Pinyin

Definition

灯谜 (燈謎)
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dēng mí
  1. riddles written on lanterns (e.g. for the Lantern Festival at the end of Chinese New Year)

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 (4)

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
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

我也是！元宵节那一天，家家户户都闹元宵，赏月，吃汤圆，赏灯，猜灯谜，可有意思了！
wǒ yě shì ！yuánxiāojié nà yī tiān ，jiājiāhùhù dōu nàoyuánxiāo ，shǎng yuè ，chī tāngyuán ，shǎng dēng ，cāi dēngmí ，kě yǒu yìsi le ！
Me too! On Lantern Festival, as every family is busy celebrating the festival, gazing at the moon, eating tangyuan, admiring the lanterns and guessing the riddles on the lanterns. It's so fun.
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是啊，除了赏灯，猜灯谜，像贵州湖南还常常有舞龙舞狮，划旱船的表演，热闹极了！
shì a ，chúle shǎng dēng ，cāi dēngmí ，xiàng guìzhōu Húnán hái chángcháng yǒu wǔlóng wǔshī ，huàhànchuán de biǎoyǎn ，rènao jí le ！
Yeah. As well as admiring all the lanterns and guessing the riddles on the lanterns, places like Guizhou and Hunan also often have performances, such as dragon and lion dances, and the rowing of boats on dry land. It's really quite the lively spectacle!
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哈，我想到了，元宵节的时候那么热闹，大家都出来赏灯，写灯联，猜灯谜，有情的男女正可以趁这个机会出来约会呀！
hā ，wǒ xiǎngdào le ，yuánxiāojié de shíhou nàme rènao ，dàjiā dōu chūlái shǎng dēng ，xiě dēnglián ，cāi dēngmí ，yǒu de nánnǚ zhèng kěyǐ chèn zhè ge jīhuì chūlái yuēhuì ya ！
Ha. I know why! Around the time of Lantern Festival it is so bustling and everyone is admiring all the lanterns, writing lantern couplets and guessing the riddles on lanterns. So guys and girls in love could take the opportunity to meet!
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真聪明，说到灯谜，我这儿正好有个灯谜，你猜猜，怎么样？
zhēn cōngming ，shuōdào dēngmí ，wǒ zhèr zhènghǎo yǒu gè dēngmí ，nǐ cāi cai ，zěnmeyàng ？
You're so clever. Talking of lantern riddles, I have one right here. How about having a go at it?
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好呀，难不倒我，猜灯谜我最拿手了！
hǎo ya ，nánbùdào wǒ ，cāi dēngmí wǒ zuì náshǒu le ！
OK. You'll not easily get the better of me, I'm quite the expert at guessing riddles.
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