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清明 (Qīng míng): Meaning, Examples & Usage

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清明 (Qīng míng): Qingming or Pure Brightness (t) — Meaning & Stroke Order

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清明 consists of 2 characters.

clear, pure, distinct

bright, clear, or to understand

Example Sentences with 清明

qīng清

míng明

jié节

wǒ我

men们

qù去

mù墓

dì地

sǎo扫

mù墓

。

We go to the cemetery to sweep the tombs on Qingming Festival.

qīng清

míng明

jié节

wǒ我

men们

yào要

jì祭

sì祀

zǔ祖

lì吏

zhì治

qīng清

míng明

shì是

guó国

jiā家

wěn稳

dìng定

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měi每

nián年

qīng清

míng明

jié节

wǒ我

men们

xiān先

。

We need to worship our ancestors on Qingming Festival.

de

的

jī基

chǔ础

。

Clean official administration is the foundation of national stability.

quán全

jiā家

dōu都

huì会

qù去

shàng上

fén坟

。

Our whole family visits the graves every Qingming Festival.

qīng清

míng明

jié节

wǒ我

men们

qù去

sǎo扫

mù墓

jì祭

bài拜

zǔ祖

xiān先

de的

fén坟

mù墓

。

We visit our ancestors' graves during Qingming Festival.

měi每

nián年

qīng清

míng明

jié节

，

rén人

men们

dū都

huì会

qù去

zhān瞻

yǎng仰

gé革

mìng命

liè烈

shì士

jì纪

niàn念

bēi碑

。

Every year on Tomb-Sweeping Day, people go to pay homage to the revolutionary martyrs' monument.

qīng清

míng明

jié节

，

wǒ我

men们

qù去

sǎo扫

mù墓

。

On Qingming Festival, we go to sweep the tombs.

rén人

men们

zài在

qīng清

míng明

jié节

dào悼

niàn念

zǔ祖

xiān先

。

People pay tribute to their ancestors during Qingming Festival.

qīng清

míng明

jié节

shí时

，

wǒ我

men们

jì祭

bài拜

zǔ祖

zōng宗

。

During Qingming Festival, we worship our ancestors.

qīng清

míng明

jié节

shí时

，

rén人

men们

cháng常

qù去

gōng公

mù墓

sǎo扫

mù墓

。

During Qingming Festival, people often go to the cemetery to sweep the graves.

Related Words

More HSK vocabulary that shares characters with 清明.

Words with 清

清楚qīng chuHSK 3
清凉qīng liáng
清剿qīng jiǎo
清单qīng dān
清扫qīng sǎo
清新qīng xīn
清晨qīng chén
清晰qīng xī

Words with 明

明天míng tiānHSK 1
明白míng baiHSK 3
聪明cōng mingHSK 3
证明zhèng míngHSK 4
说明shuō míngHSK 4
表明biǎo míngHSK 5
光明guāng míng
分明fēn míng