半天云里打灯笼，高明半天雲里打燈籠，高明半天雲里打燈籠，高明

holding up a lantern in the midst of the clouds: high and bright

Saying俗语俗語

Two-part saying歇后语歇後語 · Rarely used now

Meaning: Praises someone's views or skill as brilliant; a variant of the version with a lamp lit in the clouds.
Wordplay: 高明 (gāomíng) means literally 'high and bright' and figuratively 'wise, brilliant'.

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Simplified: 半天云里打灯笼，高明
Traditional (Taiwan): 半天雲里打燈籠，高明
Pinyin: bàntiān Yún li dǎdēnglóng, gāomíng
Pinyin (Taiwan): bàntiān Yún lǐ dǎdēnglóng, gāomíng
Bopomofo: ㄅㄢˋ ㄊㄧㄢㄩㄣˊ ㄌㄧˇ ㄉㄚˇ ㄉㄥㄌㄨㄥˊ，ㄍㄠㄇㄧㄥˊ

Written with HSK 7-9 vocabulary, at CEFR level C1.

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