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明mínɡⅠ ❶ （明亮） bright; brilliant; light: 灯火通 ～ be brightly lit; be brilliantly illuminated; 一轮 ～ 月 a full moon;
❷ (明白；清楚) clear; distinct: 查 ～ make sure; 充分说 ～ show clearly; 黑白分 ～ with black and white sharply contrasted; 下落不 ～ whereabouts unknown
❸ (公开；显露在外；不隐蔽) open; overt; visible; apparent: ～ 里暗里支持 give both overt and covert support
❹ (眼力好； 眼光正确； 对事物现象看得清) clear-sighted; sharp-eyed; discerning: 聪 ～ clever; intelligent; 精 ～ astute; shrewd; bright; 耳聪目 ～ have sharp ears and eyes
❺ （心地光明） aboveboard; candid; honest: 光 ～ 磊落 open and aboveboard; plain dealing; 正大光 ～ open and aboveboard; just and honourable Ⅱ (懂得；了解) understand; comprehend; know: 深 ～ 大义 be deeply conscious of the righteousness of a cause; 不 ～ 利害 do not know gains and losses [advantages and disadvantages] Ⅲ ❶ （朝代） the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644)
❷ （视觉） sight: 失 ～ lose one's sight; 复 ～ regain one's sight
❸ (次于今年、 今天的) immediately following in time: ～ 年 next year; ～ 晚 tomorrow evening
❹ [书] （人世间） the world
❺ （姓氏） a surname: ～ 玉珍 Ming Yuzhen
◆明暗 light and shade; 明摆着 obvious; clear; plain; 明白 clear; obvious; plain; sensible; reasonable; frank; unequivocal; explicit; know; understand; 明辨是非 distinguish between truth and falsehood; be clear about what is right and (what is) wrong; 明察暗访 investigate openly and secretly; conduct a thorough investigation; observe publicly and investigate privately; 明察秋毫 discover the minutest detail in everything; able to see the fine down of birds in autumn — very perspicacious; be able to penetrate deeply into all things; 明察秋毫， 不见舆薪 can't see the forest [woods] for the trees; be sharp-sighted enough to perceive the tip of an animal's autumn hair but unable to see a cartload of firewood; 明畅 lucid and smooth; 明澈 bright and limpid; transparent; 明处 where there is light; in the open; in public; 明窗净几 a neat desk before a bright window; a bright room and clean furniture; having bright windows and clean chairs — a good environment for study etc.; 明达 reasonable; showing understanding; 明灯 bright lamp; beacon; 明断 [书] pass (fair) judgment; 明儿 [口] tomorrow; one of these days; some day; 明矾 {化} alums; white alum; alumen; 明矾石 alunite; calafatite; alumstone; 明沟 open drain; open channel; kennel; seugh; seuch; sewer （地面排水沟）; ditch; gutter; open ditch; open trench; 明晃晃 gleaming; shining; 明慧 [书] wise; 明火 {采矿} naked light; open fire; 明火执仗 carry torches and weapons [clubs] in a robbery — conduct evil activities openly; do evil things openly; 明胶 {化} gelatin(e); 明镜 bright mirror; 明镜高悬 A bright [clear] mirror hung high — an honest official.; a just trial by an honest official; 明净 bright and clean; clear and bright; 明快 lucid and lively; sprightly; straightforward; forthright; [方] bright; light; well-lit; 明来暗往 secret going-on; have [make] overt and covert contacts with sb.; 明朗 bright and clear; clear; obvious; forthright; bright and cheerful; 明丽 bright and beautiful; 明亮 light; well-lit; bright; shining; become clear; 明了 clearly understand; be clear about; clear; plain; intelligibility; 明令 explicit order; formal decree; public proclamation; 明码 plain code; with the price clearly marked; 明码标价 plain posted price; 明媒正娶 marry into sb.'s house in an open, correct manner; a right and legal marriage; formal wedding; legally married; 明媚 bright and beautiful; radiant and enchanting明明 obviously; undoubtedly; plainly; 明明白白 as clear as noonday; as clear as the sun at noonday; plain and to the point; 明眸皓齿 bright [clear] eyes and white teeth; comely; pretty; 明目张胆 in a flagrant way [manner]; before one's very eyes; brazenly to commit an act of ...; do evil things openly and unscrupulously; fearing nothing; throw all scruples to the air; have the impudence to do sth.; flagrantly; openly and brazenly; 明尼苏达 Minnesota; 明年 next year; 明盘 [旧] price openly agreed upon by the seller and purchaser; 明前 a kind of green tea picked before Pure Brightness (清明， around April 5); 明枪暗箭 attack by overt and covert means; an open spear thrust and an arrow in the dark; spear thrusts in to open and arrows shot from hiding; be open measures and covert tricks; an open attack or a stab in the back; both open and covert attacks; fight openly and snipe in the dark; 明枪易躲， 暗箭难防 It is easy to dodge an open spear thrust, but difficult to guard against an arrow in the dark.; 明确 clear and definite; clear-cut; explicit; unequivocal; make clear; make definite; 明确表达 refinement; 明人不做暗事 An honest man doesn't do anything underhand.; An honest man does not deal underhand.; 明日 tomorrow; the near future; 明日黄花 chrysanthemums after the Double Ninth Festival; a chrysanthemum on the morrow — a thing of the past; a day after the fair; “a withered flower of yesterday” — topic no longer of interest; 明睿之举 an act of wisdom; 明若秋月 The light that streamed from it was like the light of the harvest moon.; 明色 light colour; 明升暗降 apparently ascended but actually descended — degradation instead of promotion; promote sb. in name but demote him in reality; apparent promotion but real demotion; kick sb. upstairs; 明示 express; 明誓 take an oath; make a pledge; 明太鱼 walleye pollack; 明天 tomorrow; the near future; 明文 proclaimed in writing; 明文规定 expressly provide; 明晰 distinct; clear; 明细帐簿 subsidiary book; 明虾 （对虾） prawn; Penaeus orientolis; 明显 clear; obvious; evident; sharp; distinct; 明线 {电子} open-wire line; open wire; 明信片 postcard; postal card; mailing card; 明星 star; 明星企业 the top enterprises; 明修栈道， 暗度陈仓 pretend (to prepare) to advance along one path while secretly going along another; do one thing under cover of another; do sth. behind the facade of...; feign action in one place and make the real move in another; 明眼人 a person with a discerning eye; a person of good sense; those with discerning eyes; 明一套暗一套 act one way in the open and another way in secret; double-dealing; 明喻 {修辞} simile; 明早 tomorrow morning; 明哲保身 be worldly-wise and play safe; an attitude to shirk principled struggle so as to protect one's personal interest and keep oneself from incurring troubles; 明争暗斗 fight both with open and secret means; both open strife and veiled struggle; overt contention and covert struggle; 明正典刑 carry out [execute] a capital punishment; punish sb. according to law; 明证 token; clear proof; evidence; a case in point; 明知 know perfectly well; be fully aware; 明知故犯 commit a crime [mistake] purposely [on purpose; knowingly; wilfully; deliberately]; break a law purposely; commit an offense knowingly; commit an error deliberately; do sth. which one knows is wrong; 明知故问 (He) knew what the business was, but deliberately asked.; 明知山有虎， 偏向虎山行go deep into the mountains, knowing well that there are tigers there; go on undeterred by the dangers ahead; well aware that there are dangers ahead, he goes on undeterred; 明智 sensible; sagacious; wise; 明治维新 Meiji reform; Meiji restoration; 明珠 bright pearl; jewel; 明珠暗投 cast pearls before swine — a talented man finds his ability unrecognized; a bright pearl thrown into darkness — a valuable thing gained by a person who doesn't know it at all; 明珠弹雀 shoot a sparrow with bright pearls —pay too dear for one's whistle; shoot birds with [luminary] pearls — the loss outweighs the gain; 明子 pine torch; fatwood; resinous wood; stumpwood |