jiè guāng

借光 (jiè guāng) is a Chinese word meaning “excuse me (i.e. let me through, please); reflected glory; to benefit from sb else's prestige”.

Meanings

  1. 1excuse me (i.e. let me through, please)
  2. 2reflected glory
  3. 3to benefit from sb else's prestige

Characters in 借光

借jiè · to borrow光guāng · light; ray (CL:道[dao4])

Related words

光light; ray (CL:道[dao4])借to borrow借variant of 借[jie4]时光time阳光sunshine借口to use as an excuse光临(formal) to honor with one's presence灯光(stage) lighting光明light光荣honor and glory发光to emit light; to shine; to glow; to glisten; to be luminous眼光gaze

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