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电灯

diàn dēng

HSK 4 · word 2371 of 3,000

Meaning

Measure word

盏 zhǎn

Example sentence

爱迪生发明了电灯。

ài dí shēng fà míng le diàn dēng

Edison invented the electric lamp.

Characters in 电灯

电 electricity plus 灯, a lamp. 灯 gives 红灯 and 灯光, and 电 heads the coinages of the modern age: 电话, 电视, 电影, 电脑.

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