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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.

明皎míng jiǎo

clear and bright

明眸皓齿míng móu hào chǐ

to have bright eyes and white teeth

明眼人míng yǎn rén

perspicacious person / sb with a discerning eye / sighted person (as opposed to blind)

明知山有虎,偏向虎山行míng zhī shān yǒu hǔ , piān xiàng hǔ shān xíng

lit. to willfully go towards the mountain although knowing that it has tigers (idiom) / fig. to take a risk despite knowing the dangers

明知故问míng zhī gù wèn

(idiom) to ask a question, already knowing the answer

明知故犯míng zhī gù fàn

deliberate violation (idiom) / intentional crime

明码míng mǎ

non-secret code (such as Morse code, Chinese telegraph code, ASCII etc) / plaintext (cryptography) / (of prices) clearly marked

明矾míng fán

alum

明示míng shì

to state explicitly / to clearly indicate

明窗净几míng chuāng jìng jī

lit. clear window and clean table (idiom) / fig. bright and clean (room)

明细表míng xì biǎo

schedule / subsidiary ledger / a detailed list

明胶míng jiāo

gelatin

明处míng chù

clear place / out in the open

明虾míng xiā

prawn

明里míng li

publicly / outwardly / professedly

明里暗里míng lǐ àn lǐ

both publicly and privately / both overtly and secretly / both explicitly and implicitly

明言míng yán

to say clearly / to argue clearly / to pronounce / pronounced

明订míng dìng

see 訂明|订明[dìng míng]

明证míng zhèng

clear proof

明辨míng biàn

to discern / to distinguish clearly

明辨是非míng biàn shì fēi

to distinguish right and wrong (idiom)

明达míng dá

reasonable / of good judgment

明达事理míng dá shì lǐ

reasonable / sensible

明邃míng suì

glistening and piercing

明锁míng suǒ

exposed lock / external lock (e.g. padlock or surface-mounted latch) (contrasted with 暗鎖|暗锁[àn suǒ] "built-in lock")

明镜高悬míng jìng gāo xuán

perspicacious and impartial in judgment (idiom)

明体míng tǐ

Mincho / Song font

明丽míng lì

bright and beautiful / (of a landscape) gorgeous / (of a color) vibrant

不明不白bù míng bù bái

(idiom) obscure / dubious / shady

不明事理bù míng shì lǐ

not understanding things (idiom) / devoid of sense

不明就里bù míng jiù lǐ

not to understand the situation / unaware of the ins and outs

不明确bù míng què

indefinite / unclear

不明觉厉bù míng jué lì

although I don't understand it, it seems pretty awesome (Internet slang)

不明飞行物bù míng fēi xíng wù

UFO (unidentified flying object)

不说自明bù shuō zì míng

goes without saying / obvious / self-evident

不透明bù tòu míng

opaque

事后聪明shì hòu cōng ming

wise after the event (idiom) / with hindsight, one should have predicted it

以死明志yǐ sǐ míng zhì

to demonstrate one's sincerity by dying

以资证明yǐ zī zhèng míng

in support or witness hereof (idiom)

佛朗明哥fó lǎng míng gē

(Tw) (loanword) flamenco

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