点明

點明

diǎnmíng

verb #59,981

Meanings

1 to point out
2 to make clear
3 to spell out (a hidden meaning)

Characters

to dot, indicate

Examples

老师点明了这道题的关键。

Lǎoshī diǎnmíng le zhè dào tí de guānjiàn.

The teacher pointed out the crux of this problem.

文章最后一段点明了主题。

Wénzhāng zuìhòu yī duàn diǎnmíng le zhǔtí.

The final paragraph of the essay makes the theme explicit.

Tips

usage

Often used in literary analysis (点明主题 'spell out the theme', 点明中心思想 'spell out the central idea'). Distinguish from 指出 (zhǐchū, 'point out') which is more general — 点明 emphasizes making something previously implicit explicit.

Stroke Order

点 diǎn

明 míng