复明

復明

fùmíng

verb #36,294

Meanings

1 to regain one's eyesight
2 to recover sight

Characters

Examples

HSK 5

手术后他终于复明了。

Shǒushù hòu tā zhōngyú fùmíng le.

After the surgery he finally regained his sight.

HSK 7-9

这种新疗法让许多盲人重新复明。

Zhèzhǒng xīn liáofǎ ràng xǔduō mángrén chóngxīn fùmíng.

This new therapy lets many blind people see again.

Tips

memory

复 = 'again / restore' + 明 = 'bright / clear vision' → literally 'restore brightness', i.e. get one's sight back.

history

Capitalized 復明 historically also meant 'to restore the Ming dynasty', a slogan of Qing-era loyalists. Lower-case 复明 in modern texts almost always means recovering eyesight.

Stroke Order

复 fù

明 míng