发光 (fā guāng) — to emit light; to glow; to shine (both literally and figuratively)
Definition
发光 describes something itself producing or sending out light (the sun, a watch in the dark). 照耀 means light falls on something else; 照 can be transitive in that way too. 焕发 is figurative: 'radiating' health, energy, or spirit.
verb
to emit lightto glowto shine (both literally and figuratively)
Examples
- 发光。Tài yáng zài tiān kōng zhōng fā guāng.The sun shines in the sky.
- 发光，。Tā zài bǐ sài zhōng fā guāng, dé le dì yī míng.She shined in the competition and got first place.
- 发光。Zhè ge shǒu biǎo zài hēi àn lǐ fā guāng.This watch glows in the dark.
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