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耀 yào

to sparkle, to shine, to dazzle; glory

Strokes
20
Level
HSK 6
Radical
羽
Type
Ideograph
Made of 光翟 ⿰光翟

Memory hint: A peacock 翟 with a brilliant 光 tail

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  1. 阳光照耀着大地。
    Yángguāng zhàoyào zhe dàdì.
    Sunlight shines on the earth.
    sunlight shine-continuous earth
  2. 这颗钻石为什么这么耀眼？
    Zhè kē zuànshí wèishénme zhème yàoyǎn?
    Why is this diamond so dazzling?
    this (measure) diamond why so dazzling (question)
  3. 你可以把奖杯放在显眼的地方，让它更耀眼。
    Nǐ kěyǐ bǎ jiǎngbēi fàng zài xiǎnyǎn de dìfang, ràng tā gèng yàoyǎn.
    You can put the trophy in a conspicuous place to make it shine more.
    you can (particle) trophy put at conspicuous (particle) place, let it more dazzling
  4. 今天没有阳光照耀，天气有点阴沉。
    Jīntiān méiyǒu yángguāng zhàoyào, tiānqì yǒudiǎn yīnchén.
    Today there's no sunlight shining, the weather is a bit gloomy.
    today not-have sunlight shine, weather a-bit gloomy
  5. 清晨，第一缕阳光照耀在山顶上。
    Qīngchén, dì yī lǚ yángguāng zhàoyào zài shāndǐng shàng.
    In the early morning, the first ray of sunlight shines on the mountaintop.
    early-morning, first (measure) ray sunlight shine at mountain-top-on

Words with 耀 (3)