月明星稀 yuèmíngxīngxī bright moon and sparse stars Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 月 yuè noun moon (bound form) the moon; lunar明 míng nounadjective bright bright; brilliant; light (as opposed to dark 暗 àn)星 xīng noun star star; heavenly body; any astronomical object that shines or reflects light in the sky稀 xī adjective sparse sparse; scattered; spread out with large intervals in space or time