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Jyutping ming4 liu5
Pinyin míng liǎo

Definitions (CC-CEDICT)
  1. to understand clearly
  2. to be clear about
  3. plain
  4. clear
  5. also written 明瞭|明了[ming2 liao3]
Examples (Tatoeba—Mandarin-English)
  1. Mandarin
    感谢最后为我说明了为什么人们把我当作傻瓜了。
    感謝最後為我説明了為什麼人們把我當作傻瓜了。
    gǎn xiè zuì hòu wèi wǒ shuō míng le wèi shén me rén men bǎ wǒ dàng zuò shǎ guā le 。
    • Thanks for having explained to me at last why people take me for an idiot.
  2. Mandarin
    谁发明了电话?
    誰發明了電話?
    shuí fā míng le diàn huà ?
    • Who invented the telephone?
    • Who was the telephone invented by?
  3. Mandarin
    是谁发明了电话?
    是誰發明了電話?
    shì shuí fā míng le diàn huà ?
    • Who invented the telephone?
  4. Mandarin
    竞选活动的声势也来自那些已不再年轻的人们,他们冒着严寒酷暑,敲开陌生人的家门进行竞选宣传;竞选声势也源自数百万的美国民众,他们充当志愿者和组织者,他们证明了在两百多年以后,民有、民治、民享的政府并未从地球上消失。这是你们的胜利。
    競選活動的聲勢也來自那些已不再年輕的人們,他們冒着嚴寒酷暑,敲開陌生人的家門進行競選宣傳;競選聲勢也源自數百萬的美國民眾,他們充當志願者和組織者,他們證明了在兩百多年以後,民有、民治、民享的政府並未從地球上消失。這是你們的勝利。
    jìng xuǎn huó dòng de shēng shì yě lái zì nà xiē yǐ bù zài nián qīng de rén men , tā men mào zhe yán hán kù shǔ , qiāo kāi mò shēng rén de jiā mén jìn xíng jìng xuǎn xuān chuán ; jìng xuǎn shēng shì yě yuán zì shù bǎi wàn de měi guó mín zhòng , tā men chōng dāng zhì yuàn zhě hé zǔ zhī zhě , tā men zhèng míng le zài liǎng bǎi duō nián yǐ hòu , mín yǒu 、 mín zhì 、 mín xiǎng de zhèng fǔ bìng wèi cóng dì qiú shàng xiāo shī 。 zhè shì nǐ men de shèng lì 。
    • It drew strength from the not-so-young people who braved the bitter cold and scorching heat to knock on doors of perfect strangers, and from the millions of Americans who volunteered and organized and proved that more than two centuries later a government of the people, by the people, and for the people has not perished from the Earth.
  5. Mandarin
    老师说明了词的意思。
    老師説明了詞的意思。
    lǎo shī shuō míng le cí de yì si 。
    • The teacher explained the meaning of the word to us.
Examples (Wiktionary)
  1. Mandarin
    中国人发明了指南针、火药、造纸和印刷术,叫做中国四大发明。
    中國人發明了指南針、火藥、造紙和印刷術,叫做中國四大發明。
    zhōng guó rén fā míng le zhǐ nán zhēn , huǒ yào , zào zhǐ hé yìn shuā shù , jiào zuò zhōng guó sì dà fā míng .
    • The Chinese invented the compass, gunpowder, papermaking and printing. They are known as the Four Great Chinese Inventions.
  2. Mandarin
    中国人发明了指南针、火药、造纸和印刷术,被称之为中国四大发明。
    中國人發明了指南針、火藥、造紙和印刷術,被稱之為中國四大發明。
    zhōng guó rén fā míng le zhǐ nán zhēn , huǒ yào , zào zhǐ hé yìn shuā shù , bèi chēng zhī wéi zhōng guó sì dà fā míng .
    • The Chinese invented the compass, gunpowder, papermaking and printing. They are known as the Four Great Chinese Inventions.
  3. Mandarin
    中国人发明了指南针、火药、造纸和印刷术,这些被称为中国四大发明。
    中國人發明了指南針、火藥、造紙和印刷術,這些被稱為中國四大發明。
    zhōng guó rén fā míng le zhǐ nán zhēn , huǒ yào , zào zhǐ hé yìn shuā shù , zhè xiē bèi chēng wéi zhōng guó sì dà fā míng .
    • The Chinese invented the compass, gunpowder, papermaking and printing. They are known as the Four Great Chinese Inventions.
  4. Mandarin
    在中国社会的各阶级中,农民是工人阶级的坚固的同盟军,城市小资产阶级也是可靠的同盟军,民族资产阶级则是在一定时期中和一定程度上的同盟军,这是现代中国革命的历史所已经证明了的根本规律之一。
    在中國社會的各階級中,農民是工人階級的堅固的同盟軍,城市小資產階級也是可靠的同盟軍,民族資產階級則是在一定時期中和一定程度上的同盟軍,這是現代中國革命的歷史所已經證明了的根本規律之一。
    zài zhōng guó shè huì de gè jiē jí zhōng , nóng mín shì gōng rén jiē jí de jiān gù de tóng méng jūn , chéng shì xiǎo zī chǎn jiē jí yě shì kě kào de tóng méng jūn , mín zú zī chǎn jiē jí zé shì zài yī dìng shí qī zhōng hé yī dìng chéng dù shàng de tóng méng jūn , zhè shì xiàn dài zhōng guó gé mìng de lì shǐ suǒ yǐ jīng zhèng míng le de gēn běn guī lǜ zhī yī .
    • Among all the classes in Chinese society, the peasantry is a firm ally of the working class, the urban petty bourgeoisie is a reliable ally, and the national bourgeoisie is an ally in certain periods and to a certain extent. This is one of the fundamental laws established by China's modern revolutionary history.