明ming4燈dang1

English

1. beacon; a bright light; to describe someone who give tips for gambling
2. shares
3. matches but the results are often opposite to their forecast
4. scholar, prophet, or seer who is good at pointing out the correct direction or predicting the future; sometimes used in negative contexts implying the opposite; literally: path pointing bright lampunreviewed?

粵語 — Cantonese

1. 「指路明燈」嘅簡稱，指善於指點迷津、指引路向嘅學者、先知或預言家；亦會用嚟反諷經常錯誤預測嘅人（量詞：盞）unreviewed?

Examples

• 樂觀如明燈,照亮希望的前程. 消極如毒品,腐蝕健康的心靈.

  Optimism is like the lamp of hope. Pessimism [or negativity] is like a drug of sorrow.

  Tatoeba · holger_reinherzen CC BY

• unreviewed?

  條友正一明燈嚟，估乜錯乜。

  What a failed prophet he is. All the predictions he made were wrong.

• unreviewed?

  佢嘅分析次次都好準確，可以話係茫茫股海裏面嘅一盞明燈。

  His analysis turns out to be very accurate every time. To investors, he is a lighthouse in the stock market.