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What does 月光 mean?

猫头鹰māotóuyīngowl

月光 yuèguāng

moonlight

It can also mean

  • (slang) to spend one's whole salary every month (as in 月光族)

Its characters

  1. 月 yuè month
  2. 光 guāng light

In a sentence

我工资太低,每个月都月光。 My salary is so low that I spend it all every month.

这首诗叫《静夜思》,一共只有二十个字:夜里睡不着,看见床前的月光,还以为是地上落了一层霜

From 李白是谁? · Who was Li Bai? China’s poet of the moon

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