照耀 zhàoyào to shine
to shine; to illuminate
How to remember 照耀: 照 shine + 耀 to sparkle = to shine.
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How it is used
- To illuminate / shine down upon, often grandly - 阳光照耀着雪山 (yángguāng zhàoyào zhe xuěshān) sunlight bathes the snowy peaks.
- Loftier and often figurative (glory, ideals shining on people) compared with the plain physical 照射 (zhàoshè).
- Literary, uplifting register; frequent in songs and celebratory prose.
Example sentences
- 月光在照耀著。 Yuèguāng zài zhàoyào zhù.The moon is shining.