大明 (dà) — Ming dynasty (short form); great brightness (literary); given name (Dàmíng)
Definition
In history texts, 大明 is the short name of the Ming dynasty (1368–1644); 大明王朝 = 'the Great Ming dynasty.' The other senses (a personal name, a literary 'great brightness') are rare in modern use.
noun
Ming dynasty (short form)great brightness (literary)given name (Dàmíng)
Examples
- 大明。dà Wáng cháo tǒng zhì le zhōng guó jìn sān bǎi nián.The Great Ming dynasty ruled China for nearly three hundred years.
- 大明，。Tā jiào dà, shì běi jīng dà xué de jiào shòu.His name is Daming, and he is a professor at Peking University.
- ，大明，。Rì chū dōng fāng, guāng máng dà, zhào liàng le dà dì.The sun rises in the east, its great brightness illuminating the earth.
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