开绿灯 (kāi lǜ dēng) — to give the green light, to give permission or approval (for something to proceed)
Definition
An idiom meaning to approve or authorize something to go ahead. It's a verb-object phrase: 开 takes 绿灯 as its object, so it can be split (开了绿灯 / 开了一次绿灯).
verb
to give the green lightto give permission or approval (for something to proceed)
Examples
- 开绿灯。Lǐng dǎo yǐ jīng wèi zhè ge xiàng mù kāi lǜ dēng le.The leadership has already given the green light for this project.
- 。Zhèng fǔ gěi xīn zhèng cè kāi le lǜ dēng.The government gave the green light to the new policy.
- 。Gōng sī wèi zhè cì hé zuò kāi le yí cì lǜ dēng.The company gave the green light once for this cooperation.
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