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复明

復明
fùmíng
verb #36,294

Meanings

  1. 1 to regain one's eyesight
  2. 2 to recover sight

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。
Zhè zhǒng 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