光 guāng
- Strokes
- 6
- Radical
- 儿 — son, child
- Made of
- ⺌ small 兀 weak
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
光明磊落
guāngmínglěiluò
open and aboveboard; upright
Characters in this word
明 míng
- Strokes
- 8
- Radical
- 日 — sun
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
磊 lěi
- Strokes
- 15
- Radical
- 石 — stone, rock, mineral
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
落 luò
- Strokes
- 12
- Radical
- 艹 — grass, weed, plant, herb
- Made of
- 艹 grass, weed, plant, herb 洛 a river in the Shanxi province
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 他做事光明磊落，从来不在背后说别人的坏话。 Tā zuò shì guāngmíng lěiluò, cónglái bú zài bèihòu shuō biéren de huàihuà. He acts openly and honestly and never speaks ill of others behind their backs.
- 她光明磊落地承认了自己的错误。 Tā guāngmíng lěiluò de chéngrèn le zìjǐ de cuòwù. She admitted her mistake openly and honourably.
- 比赛要光明磊落，不能偷偷耍小手段。 Bǐsài yào guāngmíng lěiluò, bù néng tōutōu shuǎ xiǎo shǒuduàn. A contest must be fair and aboveboard; no secret little tricks.