灿烂

càn làn · can lan

Traditional 燦爛

Meaning

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  1. to glitter
  2. brilliant
  3. splendid

In a sentence

2 examples
01

寒(hán)冷(lěng)干(gān)燥(zào),灿(càn)烂(làn)的(de)阳(yáng)光(guāng),多(duō)么(me)美(měi)丽(lì)的(de)冬(dōng)日(rì)天(tiān)气(qì)!

Cold and dry, splendid sunshine, what beautiful winter weather!

Tatoeba: Chinese by Martha · English by afeinberg · CC BY 2.0 FR. Simplified Chinese conversion; Pinyin added or corrected.

02

这(zhè)个(ge)世(shì)界(jiè)是(shì)灿(càn)烂(làn)的(de)吗(ma)?

Is it splendid, this world?

Tatoeba: Chinese by hkfreddy · English by blay_paul · CC BY 2.0 FR. Simplified Chinese conversion; Pinyin added or corrected.

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