油光可鉴 — Chinese idiom
油光可鉴
yóu guāng kě jiàn
Traditional: 油光可鑒
Meaning
- lit. oily and shiny to the point of reflecting
- lustrous
Character by character
- 油yóuoil, fat, grease, lard; oil paints
- 光guānglight; bright, brilliant; only, merely
- 可kěmay, can, -able; possibly
- 鉴jiànmirror, looking glass; to reflect
Idioms sharing a character
- 柴米油盐 chái mǐ yóu yán
- 油然而生 yóu rán ér shēng
- 油盐不进 yóu yán bù jìn
- 油盐酱醋 yóu yán jiàng cù
- 添油加醋 tiān yóu jiā cù
- 滚油煎心 gǔn yóu jiān xīn
- 火上加油 huǒ shàng jiā yóu
- 火上浇油 huǒ shàng jiāo yóu
- 五光十色 wǔ guāng shí sè
- 光前裕后 guāng qián yù hòu
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