Kuāng
noun #17,586

Meanings

  1. 1 surname Kuang
  2. 2 (literary) to rectify; to correct
  3. 3 (literary) to assist
  4. 4 (colloquial) to estimate roughly

Examples

Kuāng Héng záobì tōuguāng de gùshi guǎngwéi liúchuán.
The story of Kuang Heng boring a hole in the wall to steal light is widely known.
Wǒmen yào kuāngzhèng shèhuì shàng de bùliáng fēngqì.
We must rectify the unhealthy trends in society.

Tips

history
The most famous bearer of this surname is (Kuāng Héng), a Han dynasty scholar so poor he drilled a hole in his wall to read by his neighbor's candlelight. The idiom (záobì tōuguāng) comes from his story.

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