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借
光
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Jyutping
ze3 gwong1
Pinyin
jiè guāng
Definitions (CC-CEDICT)
excuse me (i.e. let me through, please)
reflected glory
to benefit from sb else's prestige
Definitions (Wiktionary)
verb, imperative, polite, usually
excuse me; please make a way (when requesting to pass somebody)
verb
to benefit from reflected glory
verb, imperative, polite, usually
excuse me (when enquiring)
Examples (Tatoeba—Mandarin-English)
Mandarin
月本无光,借光于日,返照夜之游子。
月本無光,借光於日,返照夜之遊子。
yuè běn wú guāng , jiè guāng yú rì , fǎn zhào yè zhī yóu zǐ 。
The moon has no light of its own, but rather it reflects the light of the sun to the children of the night.