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Comprehensive Chinese-English Dictionary

增光 [zēngguāng]
  1. 1. add lustre to; do credit to; add to the prestige of
    为国增光
    do credit to one's country
    他为我们家增了光。
  2. 2. verb grace

Contemporary Standard Chinese Dictionary

增光 [zēngguāng]
  1. 1. 动 增加光彩、荣誉
    为祖国增光。
    为学校增光添彩。
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Examples

当时他心中只有一个念头，就是为祖国增光。
At that time he had only one thing in mind: to win credit for his country. → 念头
为国增光
do credit to one's country → 增光
家长常常对孩子说“要为父母增光”。 → 光
奥运冠军为国增光。
Olympic champions bring glory to their country. → 光
增光 → 光
为国增光。 → 增
为祖国增光。 → 增光
为学校增光添彩。 → 增光

Collocations

为国增光
to bring glory to one's mother land
增光添彩
to bring glory to
增光不少
to bring glory to

Word Decomposition

增
[zēng] 		+ 光
[guāng]

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