雪亮 (xuě liàng) — bright as snow; gleaming; (of eyes) sharp, discerning

Definition

雪亮 (xuě liàng) is a vivid adjective-like predicate meaning 'gleaming bright as snow,' used for eyes (sharp/discerning) and polished or well-lit things.

verb
bright as snowgleaming(of eyes) sharpdiscerning

Examples

  • 雪亮，。
    Tā de yǎn jing xuě liàng, yì yǎn jiù kàn chū le wèn tí de guān jiàn.
    Her eyes are sharp — she saw the key to the problem at a glance.
  • 雪亮，。
    Nà bǎ dāo mó dé xuě liàng, shǎn zhe hán guāng.
    That knife was sharpened to a gleaming brightness, flashing cold light.
  • 雪亮，。
    Wǔ tái shàng de dēng guāng xuě liàng, bǎ zhěng gè dà tīng zhào dé rú tóng bái zhòu.
    The stage lights were as bright as snow, illuminating the whole hall like daylight.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
偏正piānzhèngModifier + head

The first part narrows down the second: it says what kind of thing the head is.

雪xuěsnow
亮liàngbright

雪 snow and 亮 bright combine to mean bright like snow.

Characters in this word

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
雨雨yǔrain
Sound part声符shēngfú
彗
彗huì雪xuě
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

雪 pairs 雨, showing rain, with 彗, giving the sound.

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Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
人人rénperson
Sound part声符shēngfú
京
京jīng亮liàng
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

亮 combines 人 (person) with 京, and the 京 part shows a tower body.

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