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阳光

yáng guāng · yang guang

Traditional 陽光

HSK 3Old HSK 4

Meaning

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  1. sunshine
  2. (of personality) upbeat; energetic
  3. transparent (open to public scrutiny)
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In a conversation

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Sunshine for the quilt

  1. Dengdeng

    今天(jīntiān)的(de)阳光(yángguāng)真(zhēn)好(hǎo)！

    The sunshine is so nice today!

  2. Liangliang

    是(shì)啊(a)！我们(wǒmen)出去(chūqù)晒(shài)被子(bèizi)吧(ba)。

    Yes! Let us put the quilts out in the sun.

  3. Dengdeng

    好(hǎo)，晒(shài)过(guò)的(de)被子(bèizi)，晚上(wǎnshang)睡(shuì)得(de)香(xiāng)。

    Good. A quilt that has been in the sun makes you sleep well at night.

  4. Liangliang

    你(nǐ)看(kàn)！被子(bèizi)刚(gāng)晒上(shàishàng)，阳光(yángguāng)就(jiù)没(méi)了(le)。

    Look! We just put them out and the sunshine is gone.

  5. Dengdeng

    那(nà)我们(wǒmen)等(děng)一会儿(yīhuìr)，阳光(yángguāng)会(huì)回来(huílai)的(de)。

    Then let us wait. The sunshine will come back.

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In a sentence

2 examples
01

所(suǒ)有(yǒu)的(de)植(zhí)物(wù)都(dōu)需(xū)要(yào)阳(yáng)光(guāng)和(hé)水(shuǐ)。

All plants need water and light.

Tatoeba: Chinese by tsayng · English by CK · CC BY 2.0 FR. Simplified Chinese conversion; Pinyin added or corrected.

02

他(tā)性(xìng)格(gé)阳(yáng)光(guāng)，大(dà)家(jiā)都(dōu)喜(xǐ)欢(huan)和(hé)他(tā)聊(liáo)天(tiān)。

He has a sunny personality, and everyone likes chatting with him.

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阳
yáng

positive (electric.); sun

光
guāng

light; ray; bright; shiny

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