挂灯笼

挂 guà HSK 3 #896

to hang; to hang up / to hang up (the phone) / to register (at a hospital)

灯笼裤 dēnglóngkù #26,893

bloomers / knickerbockers / plus fours / balloon pants

灯笼 dēnglóng HSK 7 #20,246

lantern

花市灯如昼 huāshìdēngrúzhòu

the flower market is lit as bright as day / lanterns turn the fair into daylight / Ouyang Xiu's evocation of the Lantern Festival

挂电话 guàdiànhuà

to hang up the phone / to end a call

灯会 dēnghuì #35,960

lantern festival / lantern carnival (held during Lantern Festival)

挂牌 guàpái #36,733

to hang out a sign (start business) / to be listed (on a stock exchange) / to open officially

那人却在灯火阑珊处 nàrénquèzàidēnghuǒlánshānchù

and there that person stood, where the lanterns had burned low / the one you sought is found in the quiet after the crowd / the final of Wang Guowei's three stages of attainment

直挂云帆济沧海 zhíguàyúnfānjìcānghǎi

hoist the cloud-sail straight and cross the vast ocean — pursue one's ambition boldly toward a grand goal / literally: hang the cloud-sail straight up, cross the blue-green sea

猜灯谜 cāidēngmí

to guess lantern riddles (Lantern Festival tradition)