A lamp uses fire to shine brightly, and its sound reading is suggested by the component ding.
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灯下黑
灯下黑
(lit.) it's dark right under the lamp
2 meanings
MEANING2 meanings
MEANING
- 壹名noun
(lit.) it's dark right under the lamp
- 。
The phenomenon of being blind to what is right before one's eyes is quite common.
- 貳名noun
(fig.) people tend to overlook things right under their noses
- ，。
The area under a lamp is darkest; we often overlook the things right beside us.
STROKE ORDER
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解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 一(horizontal line; boundary)RADICAL
- 卜(stroke descending downward)ASSOCIATIVE
A vertical stroke pointing downward across a boundary line marks 'below'.
解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 黑(black; dark color (depicting a face blackened by smoke and fire))ASSOCIATIVE
A face covered by smoke and fire symbolizes the dark black color.
灯下黑
Traditional燈下黑
(lit.) it's dark right under the lamp
2 meanings
MEANING2 meanings
MEANING
- 壹名noun
(lit.) it's dark right under the lamp
- 。
The phenomenon of being blind to what is right before one's eyes is quite common.
- 貳名noun
(fig.) people tend to overlook things right under their noses
- ，。
The area under a lamp is darkest; we often overlook the things right beside us.
STROKE ORDER
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解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 一(horizontal line; boundary)RADICAL
- 卜(stroke descending downward)ASSOCIATIVE
A vertical stroke pointing downward across a boundary line marks 'below'.
解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 黑(black; dark color (depicting a face blackened by smoke and fire))ASSOCIATIVE
A face covered by smoke and fire symbolizes the dark black color.
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