WordTaiwan frequency #29,425
光明正大
ㄍㄨㄤ ㄇㄧㄥˊ ㄓㄥˋ ㄉㄚˋ
“open and aboveboard; frank and upright in words and deeds”
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光
ㄍㄨㄤ
Light; ray of light; bright; shiny; glory; honor; scenery; time; favor; benefit; only; merely; used up; finished.
明
ㄇㄧㄥˊ
bright; light; clear; to understand; to make clear; to shine; public; the Ming Dynasty.
正
ㄓㄥˋ
Proper; correct; upright; straight; main; principal; exactly; just; positive (math.); first month of the lunar year.
大
ㄉㄚˋ
Big; large; great; vast; elder; eldest; important; profound; to a great extent; to emphasize; (dialect) father or uncle.
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Words sharing these characters
Vocabulary built from the same characters — most common first
- 大陸ㄉㄚˋ ㄌㄨˋmainland China (in Taiwan usage); continent; mainland (as opposed to islands or coastal areas).
- 大家ㄉㄚˋ ㄐㄧㄚeveryone; all people; a great expert or master; an influential or prominent family
- 大學ㄉㄚˋ ㄒㄩㄝˊuniversity; college; institution of higher education; the Great Learning, a Confucian classic; in ancient times, a school for adult education
- 真正ㄓㄣ ㄓㄥˋgenuine; real; true; really; indeed; truly authentic; not false or fake
- 說明ㄕㄨㄛ ㄇㄧㄥˊto explain; to illustrate; to show; explanation; directions; caption
- 正在ㄓㄥˋ ㄗㄞˋcurrently; in the process of; used before a verb to indicate an ongoing action happening now
- 明顯ㄇㄧㄥˊ ㄒㄧㄢˇobvious; clear; evident; plain to see; unmistakable; clearly apparent
- 明年ㄇㄧㄥˊ ㄋㄧㄢˊnext year; the year following the current one.
- 觀光ㄍㄨㄢ ㄍㄨㄤtourism; sightseeing; visiting scenic spots; touring a place for leisure or cultural interest.
- 正式ㄓㄥˋ ㄕˋformal; official; conforming to established rules, standards, or procedures; legally recognized or valid.
- 大概ㄉㄚˋ ㄍㄞˋroughly; approximately; about; probably; general idea; rough estimate
- 大量ㄉㄚˋ ㄌㄧㄤˋlarge quantity; great amount; bulk; numerous; generous; magnanimous; (Taiwan) big capacity for alcohol