kāi​lǜ​dēng

to give the green light

  • created sense approved 开绿灯/開綠燈 · kāi​lǜ​dēng · to give the green light — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    开绿灯 / 開綠燈

    kāi​lǜ​dēng

    to give the green light

    to turn on a green traffic light; (metaphorically) to give the go-ahead, to permit, or to provide convenience for something to happen

    开, 绿灯

    开 (literal) → 开/開 · kāi · to operate 绿灯 (literal) → 绿灯/綠燈 · lǜ​dēng · green light

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense