(lit.) it's dark right under the lamp; (fig.) people tend to overlook things right under their noses
trad. 燈下黑
Also written 燈下黑【dēng xià hēi】
Characters in this word
3灯
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lamp, light, lantern, CL:盞|盏[zhan3]
- Pinyin
- dēng
- Traditional
- 燈
- Strokes
- 6
- Frequency
- 3264 of 2500
下
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down, downwards, below, lower, later, next (week etc), second (of two parts), to decline, to go down, to arrive at (a decision, conclusion etc), measure word to show the frequency of an action
- Pinyin
- xià
- Strokes
- 3
- Frequency
- 184 of 2500
黑
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short name for Heilongjiang 黑龍江|黑龙江[Hei1 long2 jiang1]
- Pinyin
- Hēi
- Strokes
- 12
- Frequency
- 1270 of 2500