挑灯 tiǎodēng to turn up a lamp Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 挑灯 挑燈 tiǎo//dēng to turn up a lamp To pull or poke the wick of an oil lamp or candle to make the light brighter; more generally, to light a lamp or stay up late by lamplight. to raise a lantern To carry, hold up, or hang a lantern high to increase the illumination area (often used metaphorically for working through the night) Frequency Written text 0.384 per million Sources Frequency data BCC Corpus (BLCU)
挑灯 挑燈 tiǎo//dēng to turn up a lamp To pull or poke the wick of an oil lamp or candle to make the light brighter; more generally, to light a lamp or stay up late by lamplight. to raise a lantern To carry, hold up, or hang a lantern high to increase the illumination area (often used metaphorically for working through the night) Frequency Written text 0.384 per million Sources Frequency data BCC Corpus (BLCU)
