| 电光朝露 |
diàn guāng zhāo lù |
flash of lightning, morning dew (idiom); fig. ephemeral / impermanent |
| 电 |
diàn |
lightning / electricity / electric (bound form) / to get (or give) an electric shock / phone call or telegram etc / to send via telephone or telegram etc |
| 电光 |
diàn guāng |
electric light / lightning / electro-optical |
| 光 |
guāng |
light; ray (CL:道) / bright; shiny / only; merely / used up; finished / to leave (a part of the body) uncovered |
| 朝 |
Cháo |
abbr. for 朝鲜 Korea |
| 朝 |
cháo |
imperial or royal court / government / dynasty / reign of a sovereign or emperor / court or assembly held by a sovereign or emperor / to make a pilgrimage to / facing / towards |
| 朝 |
zhāo |
morning |
| 朝露 |
zhāo lù |
morning dew / fig. precarious brevity of human life / ephemeral |
| 露 |
Lù |
surname Lu |
| 露 |
lòu |
to show / to reveal / to betray / to expose |
| 露 |
lù |
dew / syrup / nectar / outdoors (not under cover) / to show / to reveal / to betray / to expose |