jiè guāng

借 光

Level:

SW HSK 4

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1
v.polexcuse me; ask for help
- jiè guāng bǎi huò gōng sī zài nǎ r ne
  借光，百货公司在哪儿呢？
  Excuse me, where is the department store?
- jiè guāng qǐng ràng lù
  借光，请让路！
  Please make way for me.
- qǐng jiè guāng nǐ dǎng zhe wǒ jiù kàn bù jiàn le
  请借光，你挡着我就看不见了！
  Move out of the way, please. I can not see through you!
synonym
qǐng wèn请问 jiè wèn借问
2
v.receive help from others; benefit from something or somebody's influence, efforts, etc.
synonym
tuō fú托福 tāo guāng叨光

Separable word
"借" and "光" can be combined as one word, or be used separately with other elements inserted.
- 我能来这里参观，是借了他的光。
  It’s all thanks to him that I can come here to visit.
- 借个光，我过一下。
  Excuse me. Could I get past please?

借光