"Brilliant and shiny" should be written as "shining on the screen"

Teacher Du:

A media article said: "The night is dark in the mountains, the road is far away, and a few lights in the manor are shining brightly, warming people's hearts." Is it appropriate to write "the lights are shining"? Thank you!

Hebei Reader Qingfang

Celebratory Readers:

"Ying" originally referred to jade smoothness. The "Yubu Yubu" says: "Ying, jade color." Later, "Ying" was also used to describe the object as smooth and bright. For example:

(1) The good pearl degree inch, although there is water of a hundred taels, can not hide its glory. (Han Shi Wai Biography, Vol. 4)

(2) There are many purple quartz in the mountains of Longzhou, its color is lilac, and its quality is brilliant... (On the volume of Liu Ke's "Records of the Ridge Table")

(3) Yiyi hall front willow, Yingying window snow. (Gong Erwei's "Love Poems Second Blunt Rhyme")

As can be seen from the above example, "Yingying" does not have the meaning of shining and shining. Flashes that indicate light such as starlight, moonlight, and candlelight should be used as "screens". For example:

(4) Fluttering draperies, screen candles. (Qin Jia's "Poetry for Women")

(5) Jun did not see the ancient emperor of the burning gold alchemy stone, and the ghost fire screened the poplar. (One of the poems of Guan Xiu's "Difficulty in Walking")

(6) That night, there was a power outage in the city, but the streets were still full of lights. (Ke Ling, "Fragrant Snow Sea Red")

"A few lights in the manor are shining brightly" means that from the outside of the manor, a few lights in the manor flicker and shine. The word "screen" here means "sparkling". When interpreting the term "yingying", the Modern Chinese Dictionary quotes Du Mu's use case of "star yingying"; in the "Cihai", it is said that "yingying" can be represented as "shimmering". Therefore, it is appropriate to use "yingying" to mean "flash", and it is not appropriate to use "yingying". The sentence you mentioned could read "A few lights in the manor shine brightly".

Du Yongdao, former editor-in-chief of Language and Character Newspaper