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灯
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Definitions
- 1. lamp
- 2. light
- 3. lantern
Example Sentences
1 shown熄 灯 。
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Words Containing 灯
lighthouse
pitch dark
fluorescent lamp
lantern fish
hazard lights
red-light district
arc lamp
see 燈芯絨|灯芯绒[dēng xīn róng]
lantern with a carousel of paper horses rotating under convection, used at Lantern Festival 元宵節|元宵节[yuán xiāo jié]
Dengta, county-level city in Liaoyang 遼陽|辽阳[liáo yáng], Liaoning
rush (botany)
to sow discord
incandescent light
turn out the lights
hanging lamp
altar lamp burning day and night
early evening when lanterns are first lit
signal light
carnival during the Lantern Festival, with lantern displays and traditional folk performances such as stilt walking and lion dance
brake light
brightly lit
beacon light
Zhu Hongdeng, one of the leaders of the Boxer Rebellion
searchlight
to raise a lantern and fight at night (idiom); fig. to work into the night
to pass on the light of Buddha
corduroy (textiles)
Spring lantern riddles (guessing game at Lantern Festival 元宵節|元宵节, at the end of Spring festival 春節|春节)
decorated lantern; lantern light
fluorescent light
green light (traffic signal)
dome light (of a taxi etc)
moth
lantern with a carousel of paper horses rotating under convection, used at Lantern Festival 元宵節|元宵节[yuán xiāo jié]
floodlight
Bunsen burner
electric light socket
cover of lamp
riddles written on lanterns (e.g. for the Lantern Festival at the end of Chinese New Year)
spotlight
streetlight
slide projector
Chinese enkianthus
a portable lamp
headlight
Song Dynasty History of Zen Buddhism in China (1252), 20 scrolls
to run a red light
slide (photography, presentation software)
filament (in a lightbulb)
sky lantern (miniature hot-air balloon used during festivals)
Raise the Red Lantern (1991), movie by Zhang Yimou 張藝謀|张艺谋[zhāng yì móu]
fluorescent light
wall lamp
to give the green light
vehicle light (headlight, turn indicator etc)
Dipamkara Buddha, the former Buddha before Shakyamuni Buddha and the bringer of lights
lamp wick
light bulb
lantern slides
mercury-vapor lamp
to turn on the light
electric light
to be decorated with lanterns and colored banners (idiom)
(vehicle) headlight
only the official is allowed to light the fire
spotlight
light bulb
(stage) lighting
sunlamp
lamp
desk lamp
Diwali (Hindu festival)
low beam (headlights)
lighted buoy
flush-mounted ceiling lamp (loanword)
headlight
lit. to blow out the lamp and put out the candle (idiom)
flash bulb (photography)
to light a lamp
quartz halogen lamp
traffic light
fluorescent light
neon lamp (loanword)
tail light (on vehicle)
(of a city etc) ablaze with lights
Lamp in the Side Street, novel by Qing dynasty writer Li Lüyuan 李綠園|李绿园[lǐ Lu:4 yuán]
compact fluorescent lamp (CFL)
cape gooseberry
traffic light
sb who is easy to deal with
car front indicator
miner's lamp
taillight
lanterns red, wine green (idiom); feasting and pleasure-seeking
(lit.) to flash the yellow light
lantern
opera for popular in Sichuan and Yunnan
dragon lantern
red light
gas lamp
lantern
desk lamp
(theater) spotlight
(vehicle) headlight
lamppost
(slang) (fig.) to court death (derived from 找死[zhǎo sǐ] via its near homophone 照屎[zhào shǐ])
mercury-vapor lamp
pitch dark
see 燈心|灯心[dēng xīn]
the spongy, white pulp inside the stem of rush plants, used as a wick for oil lamps
lights
kerosene lamp
vehicle turn indicator light
lampwick
to light a lamp
The Legend of the Red Lantern
see 燈心草|灯心草[dēng xīn cǎo]
headlight
car rear indicator
lampstand
fog lights (of a motor vehicle)
oil lamp
the Lantern Festival (15th of first month of lunar calendar)
LED strip light
green light (traffic signal)
bloomers
LED strip light
spirit lamp
floor lamp
colored lantern (used at Lantern Festival 元宵節|元宵节)
sky lantern (miniature hot-air balloon used during festivals)
street lamp
floodlight
fluorescent tube or light
immortal jellyfish (Turritopsis dohrnii)
safety lamp
flashing light
ice lantern
high beam (headlights)
jack-o'-lantern
barn lantern