"Apparent" • Chinese-English Dictionary

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 biǎo guān apparent
 chuò apparent / distant / highly
 xiǎn old variant of 顯|显[xian3] / visible / apparent
 míng tang item (in a program of entertainments) / trick (act of mischief) / worthwhile result / accomplishment / sth significant but not immediately apparent / sth more than meets the eye
 chǔ jūn heir apparent to a throne
 fú ān volt-ampere (measure of apparent power in alternating current circuits)
 biǎo miàn huà to come to the surface / to become apparent
 yǐ shī bài ér gào zhōng to succeed through failure / to achieve one's final aim despite apparent setback
 yǐ jiàn fēn xiǎo the result becomes apparent / (after) the dust has settled
 jiàn guāng sǐ (lit.) to wither in the light of day / (fig.) the bubble bursts as the reality becomes apparent (esp. of a much-anticipated first meeting with sb) / (of stocks) just as the favorable news is officially published, the stock price falls
  apparent arrival vector
 shì liàng dù apparent brightness (astronomy)
 tǐ gǎn wēn dù apparent temperature (meteorology)
 tú qióng bǐ xiàn lit. the assassin's dagger, concealed in a map scroll, is suddenly revealed when the map is unrolled (referring to the attempted assassination of Ying Zheng 嬴政[Ying2 Zheng4] by Jing Ke 荊軻|荆轲[Jing1 Ke1] in 227 BC) (idiom) / fig. malicious intent suddenly becomes apparent
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