分明

fēnmíng

adjective HSK 7 #11,889

Meanings

1 clear
2 distinct
3 obviously
4 clearly

Characters

to divide; to distinguish

Examples

他的态度爱憎分明。

Tā de tàidu àizēng fēnmíng.

His attitude of love and hate is clear-cut.

这分明是你的错！

Zhè fēnmíng shì nǐ de cuò!

This is obviously your fault!

Tips

grammar

分明 has two uses: (1) as an adjective meaning 'clear/distinct' (黑白分明 = black and white are clearly distinguished), and (2) as an adverb meaning 'obviously/clearly' (这分明是... = this is obviously...).

Stroke Order

分 fēn

明 míng