亮 liàng
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liàng
adjective
bright; brilliant; radiant
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: In the sense of 明朗 (CC-CEDICT '亮'; Guoyu '亮' adj 1; Kroll 2015 '亮' 1, p. 268; Unihan '亮'; XHZD '亮' 1, p. 442) -
liàng
noun
light
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Unihan '亮'; XHZD '亮' 2, p. 443) -
liàng
verb
to reveal
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (CC-CEDICT '亮'; Guoyu '亮' v 1; Kroll 2015 '亮' 1a, p. 268; XHZD '亮' 3, p. 443) -
liàng
adjective
clear
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Kroll 2015 '亮' 1b, p. 268; XHZD '亮' 4, p. 443) -
liàng
adjective
load and clear
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: As in 宏亮 (Guoyu '亮' adj 2; Kroll 2015 '亮' 3, p. 268; XHZD '亮' 5, p. 443) -
liàng
adjective
intelligent
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Kroll 2015 '亮' 2, p. 268) -
liàng
verb
to trust; to believe
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: As a variant of 谅 (Guoyu '亮' adj 3; Kroll 2015 '亮' 4, p. 268)
Contained in
- 打开天窗说亮话(打開天窗說亮話) not to mince words; not to beat about the bush
- 光亮度 brightness; luminosity
- 三个臭皮匠,赛过一个诸葛亮(三個臭皮匠,賽過一個諸葛亮) three ignorant cobblers surpass a genius
- 亮彩 a bright color; sparkle; shine; glitter
- 亮漆 varnish
- 天然照亮 natural lighting
- 亮光 light; a beam of light
- 红泥月亮(紅泥月亮) Honeymoon
- 响亮(響亮) loud and clear; resounding ; having a reputation
- 亮出 to suddenly reveal; to flash (one's ID, a banknote etc)
- 三个臭皮匠,赛过诸葛亮(三個臭皮匠,賽過諸葛亮) three ignorant cobblers surpass a genius
- 月亮女神号(月亮女神號) SELENE, Japanese lunar orbiter spacecraft, launched in 2007
- 蒙蒙亮(矇矇亮) dawn; the first glimmer of light
- 亮灰色 light gray
- 晶亮 bright; shiny
- 嘹亮 loud and clear; resonant
- 亮底牌 to show one's hand; to lay one's cards on the table
- 透亮 bright; shining; translucent; crystal clear
- 敞亮 bright and spacious ; clear
- 亮蓝(亮藍) bright blue
- 闪亮(閃亮) brilliant; shiny; a flare; to glisten; to twinkle
- 漂亮 pretty; beautiful; elegant; polished ; outstanding
- 亮堂 bright; clear
- 亮饰(亮飾) diamanté
- 三个臭皮匠,顶个诸葛亮(三個臭皮匠,頂個諸葛亮) three ignorant cobblers surpass a genius
- 雪亮 bright as snow; shiny; dazzling; sharp (of eyes)
- 贞亮(貞亮) loyal and virtuous
- 光亮 bright; light
- 亮黄灯(亮黃燈) to flash the yellow light; to give a warning sign
- 天刚亮(天剛亮) daybreak
- 月亮 the moon
- 亮氨酸 leucine (Leu)
- 爱漂亮(愛漂亮) to like looking attractive (usually of girls); aestheticism
- 崭亮(嶄亮) shining; brilliant
- 宏亮 loud and clear; resonant
- 宽亮(寬亮) wide and bright; without worries; deep and sonorous (voice)
- 水亮 moist and glossy; wet look (of lipstick)
- 亮点(亮點) highlight
- 照亮 to illuminate
- 亮星 bright star
- 麻麻亮 to begin to dawn; to be just getting light
- 亮星云(亮星雲) emission nebula
- 擦亮 to polish
- 事后诸葛亮(事後諸葛亮) a genius in retrospect; hindsight is 20-20
- 亮相 to strike a pose (Chinese opera); to make a public appearance; to come out in public (revealing one's true personality, opinions etc)
- 亮轿(亮轎) an open sedan chair
- 三个臭皮匠,胜过一个诸葛亮(三個臭皮匠,勝過諸葛亮) three ignorant cobblers add up to a genius ; three ignorant cobblers surpass a genius
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- 卷三十五 蜀書五 諸葛亮傳 Volume 35: Book of Shu 5 - Biography of Zhuge Liang Records of the Three Kingdoms 三國志 — count: 225
- 卷二百九十八 列傳第五十七 彭乘 嵇穎 梅摯 司馬池 李及 燕肅 蔣堂 劉夔 馬亮 陳希亮 Volume 298 Biographies 57: Peng Cheng, Ji Ying, Mei Zhi, Si Machi, Li Ji, Yan Su, Jiang Tang, Liu Kui, Ma Liang, Chen Xiliang History of Song 宋史 — count: 90
- 卷七十三 列傳第四十三 庾亮 Volume 73 Biographies 43: Yu Liang Book of Jin 晉書 — count: 87
- 卷66 李崇 崔亮 Volume 66: Li Chong, Cui Liang Book of Wei 魏書 — count: 64
- 卷四十四 列傳第三十二: 崔光 崔亮 Volume 44 Biographies 32: Cui Guang, Cui Liang History of the Northern Dynasties 北史 — count: 52
- 卷六十九 列傳第十九: 侯君集 張亮 薛萬徹 Volume 69 Biographies 19: Hou Junji, Zhang Liang, Xue Wanche Old Book of Tang 舊唐書 — count: 44
- 卷四十 蜀書十 劉彭廖李劉魏楊傳 Volume 40: Book of Shu 10 - Biographies of Liu, Peng, Liao, Li, Liu, Wei, and Yang Records of the Three Kingdoms 三國志 — count: 44
- 卷五十九 列傳第二十九 汝南王亮 楚王瑋 趙王倫 齊王冏 長沙王乂 成都王潁 河間王顒 東海王越 Volume 59 Biographies 29: Liang, Prince Wencheng of Ru'nan; Wei, Prince Yin of Chu; Lun, Prince of Zhao; Jiong, Prince of Qi; Ai, Prince of Changsha; Ying, Prince of Chengdu; Yong, Prince of Hejian; Yue, Prince Xiaoxian of Donghai Book of Jin 晉書 — count: 40
- 卷四十三 列傳第三 徐羨之 傅亮 檀道濟 Volume 43 Biographies 3: Xu Xianzhi, Fu Liang, Tan Daoji Book of Song 宋書 — count: 40
- 卷一百八十 列傳第六十七: 耶律希亮 趙世延 孔思晦 Volume 180 Biographies 67: Yelu Xiliang, Zhao Shiyan, Kong Sihui History of Yuan 元史 — count: 39
Collocations
- 亮反 (亮反) 許亮反 — Xunzi 荀子, 榮辱篇第四 Chapter 4: Honor and Disgrace — count: 10
- 亮天 (亮天) 惟時亮天功 — Book of Documents 尚書, 虞書 舜典 Yu Shu - Canon of Shun — count: 7
- 亮直 (亮直) 優繇亮直 — Book of Han 漢書, 卷一百下 敍傳 Volume 100b: Afterword and Family History 2 — count: 7
- 时亮 (時亮) 惟時亮天功 — Book of Documents 尚書, 虞書 舜典 Yu Shu - Canon of Shun — count: 5
- 亮采 (亮采) 使宅百揆亮采 — Book of Documents 尚書, 虞書 舜典 Yu Shu - Canon of Shun — count: 4
- 直亮 (直亮) 長音直亮反 — Book of Later Han 後漢書, 卷三十七 桓榮丁鴻列傳 Volume 37: Biographies of Huan Rong, Ding Hong — count: 4
- 高亮 (高亮) 名德高亮 — Records of the Three Kingdoms 三國志, 卷十 魏書十一 袁張涼國田王邴管傳 Volume 10: Book of Wei 10 - Biographies of Xun Yu, Xun You, and Jia Xu — count: 3
- 亮等 (亮等) 張亮等十七人 — Book of Later Han 後漢書, 卷六十九 竇何列傳 Volume 69: Biographies of Dou, He — count: 3
- 忠亮 (忠亮) 尚書令陳蕃薦朗公忠亮直 — Book of Later Han 後漢書, 卷六十七 黨錮列傳 Volume 67: Biographies of Partisan Prohibitions — count: 3
- 亮曰 (亮曰) 亮曰 — Book of Later Han 後漢書, 卷六十三 李杜列傳 Volume 63: Biographies of Li, Du — count: 3