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light
to water down
off season
Tamsui or Danshui, district of New Taipei City 新北市[Xin1 bei3 shi4], Taiwan
cold
flat
to regard as unimportant
to fade out
calm and collected
to fade in
shimmer
to gradually forget as time passes
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I usually have a light breakfast.
Source: Tatoeba #849812 · CC BY 2.0 FRWhen out of tourist season, the tickets will be cheap.
Source: Tatoeba #2448826 · CC BY 2.0 FRI'm sure that this is a fresh water fish.
Source: Tatoeba #462149 · CC BY 2.0 FRI guess my job is pretty undramatic.
Source: Tatoeba #2456040 · CC BY 2.0 FRI was calm until I saw the syringe.
Source: Tatoeba #2609549 · CC BY 2.0 FRDefinitions and traditional forms are compiled from Make Me a Hanzi, HSK curriculum data, and CC-CEDICT. Sourced example sentences link to Tatoeba; editorial examples are labeled separately. Review data sources and licenses.