明媚
míng mèi
Pinyin

Definition

明媚
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míng mèi
  1. bright and beautiful

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

明天
míng tiān
  1. 1 tomorrow
明明
míng míng
  1. 1 obviously
  2. 2 plainly
  3. 3 undoubtedly
  4. 4 definitely
明星
míng xīng
  1. 1 star
  2. 2 celebrity
明白
míng bai
  1. 1 clear
  2. 2 obvious
  3. 3 unequivocal
  4. 4 to understand
  5. 5 to realize
三明治
sān míng zhì
  1. 1 sandwich (loanword)
  2. 2 CL:個|个[gè]
不明
bù míng
  1. 1 not clear
  2. 2 unknown
  3. 3 to fail to understand
光明
guāng míng
  1. 1 light
  2. 2 radiance
  3. 3 (fig.) bright (prospects etc)
  4. 4 openhearted
分明
fēn míng
  1. 1 clear
  2. 2 distinct
  3. 3 evidently
  4. 4 clearly
天明
tiān míng
  1. 1 dawn
  2. 2 daybreak
姚明
Yáo Míng
  1. 1 Yao Ming (1980-), retired Chinese basketball player, played for CBA Shanghai Sharks 1997-2002 and for NBA Houston Rockets 2002-2011
妩媚
wǔ mèi
  1. 1 lovely
  2. 2 charming
孔明灯
kǒng míng dēng
  1. 1 sky lantern (miniature hot-air balloon used during festivals)
文明
wén míng
  1. 1 civilized
  2. 2 civilization
  3. 3 culture
  4. 4 CL:個|个[gè]
昆明
Kūn míng
  1. 1 Kunming prefecture-level city and capital of Yunnan province in southwest China
明
Míng
  1. 1 Ming Dynasty (1368-1644)
  2. 2 surname Ming
  3. 3 Ming (c. 2000 BC), fourth of the legendary Flame Emperors, 炎帝[Yán dì] descended from Shennong 神農|神农[Shén nóng] Farmer God
明亮
míng liàng
  1. 1 bright
  2. 2 shining
  3. 3 glittering
  4. 4 to become clear
明信片
míng xìn piàn
  1. 1 postcard
明儿
míng r5
  1. 1 (coll.) tomorrow
  2. 2 one of these days
  3. 3 some day
明天见
míng tiān jiàn
  1. 1 see you tomorrow
  2. 2 (coll., jocular) food that passes through the digestive system more or less intact (esp. enoki mushrooms)
明媚
míng mèi
  1. 1 bright and beautiful

Idioms (20)

不明事理
bù míng shì lǐ
  1. 1 not understanding things (idiom); devoid of sense
不言自明
bù yán zì míng
  1. 1 self-evident; needing no explanation (idiom)
不说自明
bù shuō zì míng
  1. 1 self-explanatory
  2. 2 self-evident (idiom)
事后聪明
shì hòu cōng ming
  1. 1 wise after the event (idiom); with hindsight, one should have predicted it
以资证明
yǐ zī zhèng míng
  1. 1 in support or witness hereof (idiom)
光明磊落
guāng míng lěi luò
  1. 1 open and candid (idiom); straightforward and upright
冰炭不言，冷热自明
bīng tàn bù yán , lěng rè zì míng
  1. 1 ice or coals, whether hot or cold goes without saying (idiom); fig. sincerity is not expressed in words
冰雪聪明
bīng xuě cōng ming
  1. 1 exceptionally intelligent (idiom)
另请高明
lìng qǐng gāo míng
  1. 1 please find sb better qualified than me (idiom)
大放光明
dà fàng guāng míng
  1. 1 great release of light (idiom)
奉若神明
fèng ruò shén míng
  1. 1 to honor sb as a God (idiom); to revere
  2. 2 to worship
  3. 3 to deify
  4. 4 to make a holy cow of sth
  5. 5 to put sb on a pedestal
山明水秀
shān míng shuǐ xiù
  1. 1 lit. verdant hills and limpid water (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. enchanting scenery
崇洋媚外
chóng yáng mèi wài
  1. 1 to revere everything foreign and pander to overseas powers (idiom); blind worship of foreign goods and ideas
掌上明珠
zhǎng shàng míng zhū
  1. 1 lit. a pearl in the palm (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. beloved person (esp. daughter)
放着明白装糊涂
fàng zhe míng bai zhuāng hú tu
  1. 1 to pretend not to know (idiom)
敬若神明
jìng ruò shén míng
  1. 1 to hold sb in the same regard as one would a god (idiom)
旗帜鲜明
qí zhì xiān míng
  1. 1 to show one's colors
  2. 2 to have a clear-cut stand (idiom)
明人不做暗事
míng rén bù zuò àn shì
  1. 1 The honest person does nothing underhand (idiom).
  2. 2 fig. Do what you want to do openly and without dissimulation.
明修栈道，暗渡陈仓
míng xiū zhàn dào , àn dù Chén cāng
  1. 1 lit. repair the plank road by day while secretly crossing the Wei River 渭河[Wèi Hé] at Chencang (idiom, refers to a stratagem used by Liu Bang 劉邦|刘邦[Liú Bāng] in 206 BC against Xiang Yu 項羽|项羽[Xiàng Yǔ] of Chu)
  2. 2 fig. to feign one thing while doing another
  3. 3 to cheat under cover of a diversion
明哲保身
míng zhé bǎo shēn
  1. 1 a wise man looks after his own hide (idiom)
  2. 2 to put one's own safety before matters of principle

Sample Sentences

是啊，还记得小学那会儿每周五下午都放假，不过我们黑板报小组都会趁着这个下午出黑板报，现在闭上眼睛还能感觉到周五下午明媚舒适的阳光和大家的笑脸呢。
shì a ，hái jìde xiǎoxué nà huìr5 měizhōuwǔ xiàwǔ dōu fàngjià ，bùguò wǒmen hēibǎnbào xiǎozǔ dōuhuì chèn zhe zhè ge xiàwǔ chū hēibǎnbào ，xiànzài bì shàng yǎnjing hái néng gǎnjué dào zhōuwǔ xiàwǔ míngmèi shūshì de yángguāng hé dàjiā de xiàoliǎn ne 。
Yeah, I still remember that when I was in elementary school we would get off school every Friday afternoon, however, the group responsible for the blackboard news would always make the most of this time to release their blackboard news. Even now, closing my eyes I can feel the bright cosy sunshine of those Friday afternoons and everyone's smiling faces.
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