微光

wēiguāng

noun #20,260

Meanings

1 glimmer
2 faint light
3 dim glow

Characters

tiny, faint, minute

Examples

黎明前，东方出现了一丝微光。

Límíng qián, dōngfāng chūxiàn le yī sī wēiguāng.

Before dawn, a faint glimmer appeared in the east.

黑暗中，只有手机屏幕发出微光。

Hēi'àn zhōng, zhǐ yǒu shǒujī píngmù fāchū wēiguāng.

In the darkness, only the phone screen emitted a faint glow.

Tips

usage

微光 is often used metaphorically to mean a small hope or sign of something positive in difficult circumstances — e.g. 希望的微光 ('a glimmer of hope').

Stroke Order

微 wēi

光 guāng