波光粼粼 — Chinese idiom
波光粼粼
bō guāng lín lín
Meaning
- (of water) shimmering with ripples; glistening
Character by character
- 波bōwaves, ripples, breakers; undulations
- 光guānglight; bright, brilliant; only, merely
- 粼línclear, limpid (as of water)
- 粼línclear, limpid (as of water)
Idioms sharing a character
- 古井无波 gǔ jǐng wú bō
- 推波助澜 tuī bō zhù lán
- 暗送秋波 àn sòng qiū bō
- 波谲云诡 bō jué yún guǐ
- 醋海生波 cù hǎi shēng bō
- 随波逐流 suí bō zhú liú
- 五光十色 wǔ guāng shí sè
- 光前裕后 guāng qián yù hòu
- 光天化日 guāng tiān huà rì
- 光明磊落 guāng míng lěi luò
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