xiǎn

to make visible

to reveal; prominent; conspicuous; (prefix) phanero-

sun (日) + phonetic (业) = made visible, conspicuous

The sun (日) drives the meaning: what sunlight touches becomes visible and conspicuous. 业 is present mainly for its sound, contributing little to the sense.

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The sunSemantic

他的才能在这次比赛中出来了。

tā de cái néng zài zhè cì bǐ sài zhōng xiǎn chū lái le。

His talent revealed itself in this competition.

穿红色的衣服会让你在人群中得很突出。

chuān hóng sè de yī fu huì ràng nǐ zài rén qún zhōng xiǎn de hěn tū chū。

Wearing red clothes will make you stand out conspicuously in a crowd.

Words with 显

达官显贵

dá guān xiǎn guì

see 達官貴人|达官贵人[da2 guan1 gui4 ren2]

隐显

yǐn xiǎn

appearing and disappearing

隐显目标

yǐn xiǎn mù biāo

intermittent target

集成显卡

jí chéng xiǎn kǎ

integrated GPU (abbr. to 集顯|集显[ji2 xian3])

集显

jí xiǎn

(computing) integrated GPU (abbr. for 集成顯卡|集成显卡[ji2 cheng2 xian3 ka3])

电子显微镜

diàn zǐ xiǎn wēi jìng

electron microscope

头显

tóu xiǎn

HMD; head-mounted display (abbr. for 頭戴式顯示器|头戴式显示器[tou2 dai4 shi4 xian3 shi4 qi4])

显微镜

xiǎn wēi jìng

microscope

显赫

xiǎn hè

illustrious

显像管

xiǎn xiàng guǎn

picture tube

显出

xiǎn chū

to express

显卡

xiǎn kǎ

(computing) graphics card; video card

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