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明
Mandarin: ming2
bright | opposite: dark 暗àn [暗] | (of meaning) clear | to understand | next | public or open | wise | generic term for a sacrifice to the gods | light | brilliant | clear-sighted | eye sight | the next (day | year) | the ming dynasty | a surname | # adapted from cc-cedict
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明亮
Mandarin: ming2 liang4
brightness | [粵]: 光
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明亮火焰
Mandarin: ming2 liang4 huo3 yan4
luminous flame
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明人不說暗話
Mandarin: ming2 ren2 bu4 shuo1 an4 hua4
Simplified: 明人不说暗话
a straight talker does not resort to insinuations
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明代
Mandarin: ming2 dai4
the Ming Dynasty
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明信片
Mandarin: ming2 xin4 pian4
(n.) postcard (cl: zoeng1 張)
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明克
mink (as a loanword)
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明凈
Mandarin: ming2 jing4
Simplified: 明净
bright and clean
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明刀明槍
Mandarin: ming2 dao1 ming2 qiang1
Simplified: 明刀明枪
verb; when an attacker openly declares his intent to attack; it refers to a person who is very straightforward, who makes his intentions clear.
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明初
Mandarin: ming2 chu1
the early Ming dynasty (i.e. from second half of 14th century)
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明刻
Mandarin: ming2 ke4
(mahjong) melded pong/triplet, a pong/triplet created by picking up a discard
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明報
Mandarin: ming2 bao4
Ming Pao newspaper (Hong Kong)
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明報週刊
Ming Pao Weekly
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明天
Mandarin: ming2 tian1
tomorrow | Literary: 明日 | Cant.: 聽日
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明媚
Mandarin: ming2 mei4
(adjective) Delightful and enchanting
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明寸
Mandarin: ming2 cun4
to deliberately provoke and making it very obvious to all; to be deliberately insolent and not making any attempt to be pretentious about it [colloquial]
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明尼蘇達
Mandarin: Ming2 ni2 su1 da2
Minnesota
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明尼蘇達州
Mandarin: ming2 ni2 su1 da2 zhou1
Minnesota
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明屈
Mandarin: ming2 qu1
force one to take the blame or responsibility
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明年
Mandarin: ming2 nian2
next year [粵]: 出年, 下年
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明德
Mandarin: ming2 de2
highest virtue; illustrious virtue; Middlebury (College)
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明德鎮
Mandarin: ming2 de2 zhen4
Middlebury (name of town in Vermont)
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明快
Mandarin: ming2 kuai4
adj; lucid and lively; sprightly; also it mean straightforward or forthright (personality)
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明愛
Mandarin: ming2 ai4
Caritas
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明愛賣物會
Caritas Bazaar
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明愛醫院
Mandarin: ming2 ai4 yi1 yuan4
Simplified: 明爱医院
the Caritas Medical Centre. A hospital in Hong Kong
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明敏
Mandarin: ming2 min3
bright and quick (of people)
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明文
Mandarin: ming2 wen2
(laws, rules, etc) state in writing
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明文規定
Mandarin: ming2 wen2 gui1 ding4
expressly stipulated (in writing)
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明斯克
Mandarin: ming2 si1 ke4
Minsk (capital of Belarus)
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