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

HSK 4
Tāmen bǎ bàngōngshì shōushi de chuāngmíng-jījìng.
They tidied the office until it was spotless and bright.
HSK 5
Tā de shūfáng chuāngmíng-jījìng, 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.
HSK 5
Chuāngmíng-jījìng de huánjìng yǒuzhùyú tígāo gōngzuò xiàolǜ.
A clean, bright environment helps improve work efficiency.

Tips

history
Traced to Su Zhe's Song poem 《寄范文景仁》: 明窗净几舒华茵 - '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