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走光

zǒuguāng
verb

Meanings

  1. 1 to accidentally expose skin or underwear
  2. 2 to be fogged by stray light
  3. 3 to have all left

Examples

HSK 2
等我到的时候，人都走光了。
Děng wǒ dào de shíhou, rén dōu zǒuguāng le.
By the time I arrived, everyone had left.
HSK 7-9
她穿短裙上台时特别小心，怕走光。
Tā chuān duǎnqún shàngtái shí tèbié xiǎoxīn, pà zǒuguāng.
She was extra careful going on stage in a short skirt, worried about a wardrobe malfunction.
HSK 7-9
相机后盖没关好，整卷胶卷都走光了。
Xiàngjī hòugài méi guānhǎo, zhěng juǎn jiāojuǎn dōu zǒuguāng le.
The camera back wasn't shut properly, and the whole roll of film was fogged.

Tips

usage
After a subject like 人, 走光 is simply 走 'to leave' plus 光 'used up': everyone has gone. As a photographer's word, light has leaked onto the film; the entertainment-news sense, an accidental glimpse of skin, is usually traced to that. For deliberate nudity the press says 露点.

Stroke Order

走 zǒu
光 guāng