<p>清楚地 (adv) = clearly </p>

<p>表明 (v) = show/ demonstrate/ indicate</p>

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  <p><em>Question: What's the difference between 表明 and 清楚地表明?</em></p>
</blockquote>

<p>图14．34 <strong>表明</strong>了这一点。= Figure 14. 34 <strong>indicated</strong> this point</p>

<p>图14．34 <strong>清楚地表明</strong>这一点 = Figure 14. 34 <strong>clearly indicated</strong> this point</p>

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Ah, it looks like I also mistook 一点 for "a little", when it means "a point" in this setting.
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Tang Ho
<p>表明 only means:</p>

<blockquote>
  <p>to make known, to state, to disclose</p>
</blockquote>

<p>表明态度 for instance means to show ones attitude or state ones attitude.</p>

<p>It doesn’t necessarily mean that you did it in a <strong>clear</strong> way.</p>

<p>清楚地 means</p>

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  <p>clearly </p>
</blockquote>

<p>oxford translates 清楚地表明 as:</p>

<blockquote>
  <p>clearly indicat(ed)</p>
</blockquote>

<p>Or as a </p>

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  <p>clear signal</p>
</blockquote>

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Mou某
<p>A <a href="http://www.jukuu.com/show-%E6%B8%85%E6%A5%9A-6.html" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Jukuu.com</a> example sentence:</p>

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  <p>图14．34清楚地表明了这一点。<br>
   Figure 14.34 illustrates this point rather nicely.<br>
  <sub>Tú 14.34 qīngchǔ dì biǎomíngle zhè yīdiǎn.</sub></p>
</blockquote>

<p>Breaking this apart:</p>

<ul>
<li><a href="http://dict.cn/%E5%9B%BE" rel="nofollow noreferrer">图</a>14．34 (tú 14.34) = Figure 14.34</li>
<li><a href="http://dict.cn/%E6%B8%85%E6%A5%9A" rel="nofollow noreferrer">清楚</a> (qīngchǔ) = clear</li>
<li><a href="http://dict.cn/%E5%9C%B0" rel="nofollow noreferrer">地</a> (dì) = -ly (turning "clear" into the adverb "clearly")</li>
<li><a href="http://dict.cn/%E8%A1%A8%E6%98%8E" rel="nofollow noreferrer">表明</a> (biǎomíng) = to make clear</li>
<li><a href="http://dict.cn/%E4%BA%86" rel="nofollow noreferrer">了</a> (le) = (past tense marker)</li>
<li><a href="http://dict.cn/%E8%BF%99" rel="nofollow noreferrer">这</a> (zhè) = this</li>
<li><a href="http://dict.cn/%E4%B8%80%E7%82%B9" rel="nofollow noreferrer">一点</a> (yīdiǎn) = a little</li>
</ul>

<p>So maybe my translation would be "Figure 14.34 clearly makes clear this a little."  However, the repetition of "clear" in 清楚地表明 seems strange.</p>

<p><strong>Question</strong>: What's the difference between 表明 and 清楚地表明?</p>

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What's the difference between 表明 (biǎomíng) and 清楚地表明 (qīngchǔ dì biǎomíng)?
# What's the difference between 表明 (biǎomíng) and 清楚地表明 (qīngchǔ dì biǎomíng)?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2017-11-05)

A [Jukuu.com](http://www.jukuu.com/show-%E6%B8%85%E6%A5%9A-6.html) example sentence:

> 图14．34清楚地表明了这一点。  
> Figure 14.34 illustrates this point rather nicely.  
> Tú 14.34 qīngchǔ dì biǎomíngle zhè yīdiǎn.

Breaking this apart:

* [图](http://dict.cn/%E5%9B%BE)14．34 (tú 14.34) = Figure 14.34
* [清楚](http://dict.cn/%E6%B8%85%E6%A5%9A) (qīngchǔ) = clear
* [地](http://dict.cn/%E5%9C%B0) (dì) = -ly (turning "clear" into the adverb "clearly")
* [表明](http://dict.cn/%E8%A1%A8%E6%98%8E) (biǎomíng) = to make clear
* [了](http://dict.cn/%E4%BA%86) (le) = (past tense marker)
* [这](http://dict.cn/%E8%BF%99) (zhè) = this
* [一点](http://dict.cn/%E4%B8%80%E7%82%B9) (yīdiǎn) = a little

So maybe my translation would be "Figure 14.34 clearly makes clear this a little." However, the repetition of "clear" in 清楚地表明 seems strange.

**Question**: What's the difference between 表明 and 清楚地表明?

**Tags:** difference, adverbs

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## 2 answers

### Answer by username_1 on 2017-11-05. Score: 1 | Accepted answer

清楚地 (adv) = clearly

表明 (v) = show/ demonstrate/ indicate

> *Question: What's the difference between 表明 and 清楚地表明?*

图14．34 **表明**了这一点。= Figure 14. 34 **indicated** this point

图14．34 **清楚地表明**这一点 = Figure 14. 34 **clearly indicated** this point

> **Comments:**
> **username_0**: Ah, it looks like I also mistook 一点 for "a little", when it means "a point" in this setting.  

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### Answer by username_2 on 2017-11-05. Score: 1

表明 only means:

> to make known, to state, to disclose

表明态度 for instance means to show ones attitude or state ones attitude.

It doesn’t necessarily mean that you did it in a **clear** way.

清楚地 means

> clearly

oxford translates 清楚地表明 as:

> clearly indicat(ed)

Or as a

> clear signal


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