mirror (as a metaphor for sth beautiful, bright and flat – such as a lake – or sth that provides clarity and insight)
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Frequency data: Cai & Brysbaert, SUBTLEX-CH (2010), Creative Commons Attribution. The data includes word forms with at least 10 occurrences in an older subtitle sample. It does not provide current frequency or HSK levels. Absence from the sample does not establish that a word is rare. Names, variants and restricted readings identified in the source appear after general-use entries within the same match type.
clear / well-defined / limpid
tomorrow morning / the following morning
flame / open fire
(of style, mood etc) bright / lively / brisk / prompt / decisive
expressly stipulated (in writing)
clear and detailed / definite / details (are as follows:)
deities / gods
clear / distinct / evidently / clearly
to show clearly / to designate / to indicate
(of a person) honorable / not devious / (of a behavior) fair and aboveboard / without tricks / openly / (of a situation) out in the open
(idiom) to think oneself clever
clever-clever / clever in trivial matters / sharp but petty-minded
inventor
(of colors) bright / fresh and clear / clear-cut / distinct
lighting / illumination / to light up / to illuminate
unaccounted / unknown whereabouts
to declare / to aver / to state formally
wise / brilliant
enlightened / open-minded / enlightenment
to mark / to indicate
intelligence and ability
certificate
to clearly indicate
(idiom) self-knowledge
just and honorable
to elucidate / to explain clearly / to expound
amphetamine (loanword)
to explain
lit. black and white clearly contrasted (idiom) / fig. unambiguous / black-and-white / in sharp contrast / to distinguish clearly right from wrong
(idiom) bright / clever / quick-witted
flare / star shell
self-evident / needing no explanation (idiom)
open and candid (idiom) / straightforward and upright
dawn / daybreak
inventor
lit. a pearl in the palm (idiom) / fig. beloved person (esp. daughter)
foresight
(idiom) of unknown origin / of dubious background
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