窗明几净

窗明几淨
chuāngmíng-jījìng
idiom

Meanings

  1. 1 bright windows and a clean desk
  2. 2 a tidy, well-lit room
  3. 3 clean and orderly surroundings

Examples

Tā de shūfáng chuāngmíngjījìng, ràng rén yí kàn jiù xiǎng zuòxià lái dúshū.
Her study is clean and bright — one glance makes you want to sit down and read.
Tāmen bǎ bàngōngshì shōushi de chuāngmíngjījìng.
They tidied the office until it was spotless and bright.
Chuāngmíngjījìng de huánjìng yǒuzhùyú tígāo gōngzuò xiàolǜ.
A clean, bright environment helps improve work efficiency.

Tips

history
Traced to Su Zhe's Song poem 《》: 明窗净几 — 'bright window, clean table, unfurling a fine mat.' The poetic collocation settled into today's fixed form with and first.
mistakes
here is jī, meaning a small low table/desk — NOT jǐ ('how many'). Mispronouncing it as jǐ is a classic error. The traditional form stays the same in simplified; the writing doesn't change, only the reading.

Stroke Order

chuāng
míng
jìng