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The character "霓" is a phono-semantic compound formed by the semantic component "雨", which categorizes it within weather-related phenomena, and the phonetic component "兒", which historically indicated its pronunciation. Etymologically, it originated in classical Chinese to denote the secondary rainbow, a fainter and color-inverted arc that occasionally appears alongside the primary bow, often being used in tandem with the character "虹" to describe the complete atmospheric event. Over time, its meaning has remained specialized and stable, consistently referring to this specific optical occurrence without expanding into broader or metaphorical uses, thus retaining its precise role in meteorological and literary contexts.
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城市的霓虹灯很漂亮。
晚上霓虹闪烁非常迷人。
雨后天边出现了虹霓。
瀑布旁边有时能看到霓。
霓虹广告牌照亮了整条街道。
她的梦想像霓虹一样绚丽。
霓虹灯的工作原理是气体放电。
在都市的夜空下，霓虹与星光交相辉映，构成了一幅现代画卷。