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TSUMUGU · TOCFL B2 (est.) · 詞
光是 word · TOCFL B2 (est.)
光是 ＝ 光 ＋ 是
ㄍㄨㄤ ㄕˋ · guāngshì
adverb — just, merely, only (singling one thing out, often before listing more)

字源 FORM — what the parts do

光only, just, bare (光剩)guāngthe 'nothing-but' sense of 光, as in 吃光 (eat it all gone)
是to be; just so (就是)shì
光是，光剩的光，就是的是。
關 · Related
只是zhǐshìmerely, only — the plainer adverb for the same singling-out單單dāndānsolely, just — emphasizes the one item, like 光是