绿灯 (綠燈)
lu:4 dēng
Pinyin

Definition

绿灯 (綠燈)
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lu:4 dēng
  1. green light

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
绿
lǜ
  1. 1 green
绿宝石
lǜ bǎo shí
  1. 1 beryl

Idioms (14)

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
牡丹虽好，全仗绿叶扶
mǔ dan suī hǎo , quán zhàng lǜ yè fú
  1. 1 Although the peony is beautiful, it depends entirely on help from the green leaves (idiom). However brilliant you may be, you can't do anything without support from others.

Sample Sentences

妈妈，绿灯行。
māma ，lǜdēng xíng 。
Mommy, walk at the green light.
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看到绿灯怎么办？
kàndào lǜdēng zěnmebàn ？
When you see the green light, what should you do?
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别着急，一会儿就变绿灯了。
bié zháojí ，yīhuì r jiù biàn lǜdēng le 。
Don't worry. It'll change to a green light in a moment.
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不行，我们要遵守交通法规，红灯停绿灯行。
bùxíng ，wǒmen yào zūnshǒu jiāotōng fǎguī ，hóngdēng tíng lǜdēng xíng 。
No, we have to obey the traffic regulations and stop when it's a red light and go when it's a green light.
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哈，你是说春晚的吉祥物，红绿灯猴么？
hā ，nǐ shì shuō chūn wǎn de jíxiángwù ，hónglǜdēng hóu ma ？
Ha, are you talking about the mascots from the CCTV New Year's gala? The traffic light monkey?
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是啊是啊，不好意思，因为猴子颜色是红绿黄，所以很多网友都笑它是“红绿灯”猴。
shì a shì a ，bùhǎoyìsi ，yīnwèi hóuzi yánsè shì hóng lǜ huáng ，suǒyǐ hěn duō wǎngyǒu dōu xiào tā shì “hónglǜdēng ”hóu 。
Yes, yes, sorry. Because the monkey is red, amber and green, so lots of internet users jokingly call it the "traffic light" monkey.
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走高架吧。地面红绿灯太多了。
zǒu gāojià ba 。dìmiàn hónglǜdēng tài duō le 。
Take the elevated highway. The surface road has too many traffic lights.
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这倒是。我刚上路那会儿经常被吓得直冒冷汗。上了高架怕追尾，下了高架怕撞人。有些人过马路根本不看有没有斑马线，也不关心红绿灯，想过就过。我有一次就差点儿撞到了一个老人，害得我一个星期都不敢摸方向盘。
zhèdàoshì 。wǒ gāng shànglù nà huìr jīngcháng bèi xiàde zhí mào lěnghàn 。shàng le gāojià pà zhuīwěi ，xià le gāojià pà zhuàngrén 。yǒuxiērén guò mǎlù gēnběn bù kàn yǒu méiyǒu bānmǎxiàn ，yě bù guānxīn hónglǜdēng ，xiǎng guò jiù guò 。wǒ yǒu yīcì jiù chàdiǎnr zhuàngdào le yī ge lǎorén ，hài de wǒ yī ge xīngqī dōu bùgǎn mō fāngxiàngpán 。
That is true. When I first started driving I would often get so freaked out I would break out in a cold sweat. When I got on the elevated road I would worry about getting rear-ended, and when I got off I would worry I was going to hit someone. Some people don’t even look to see if there's a crosswalk when they cross the street and don't pay attention to traffic lights; if they want to cross, they just cross. I nearly hit an elderly person once. I was so scared that I couldn’t even touch a steering wheel for a week.
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到第一个红绿灯，往南走。
dào dì yī ge hónglǜdēng ，wǎng nán zǒu 。
At the first traffic light I head south.
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又看到一个红绿灯，往东走。
yòu kàndào yī ge hónglǜdēng ，wǎng dōng zǒu 。
When I see another traffic light I go east.
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