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绿灯

lǜdēng

Meaning

  • green light (traffic signal)
  • (fig.) permission to proceed

Example

绿灯时,拐弯车要让人。

When the light is green, cars turning must yield to pedestrians.

Example sentence from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0).

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Not to be confused with: 路灯 (lùdēng, street lamp)