粵

孔hung2明ming4

hung2 ming4Kǒng míng

English

  1. courtesy name of Zhuge Liang 諸葛亮|诸葛亮[Zhu1 ge3 Liang4]
  2. Kongming, the courtesy name of Zhuge Liang

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 三國時代歷史人物諸葛亮嘅字,後世經常用嚟借代有智慧嘅人

Examples

  • 孔明燈

    sky lantern

  • 事後孔明

    with hindsight

  • 再世孔明

    very wise man as if Zhuge Liang came back to life

Sources: cc-cedict, rime-cantonese, words.hk

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