Resolved CN translation eye description

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  1. Lemonfairy

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    Not sure if I should translate as "her eyes seemed as though they were full of water" or "reflected the water's light"
    What's the literal meaning of 水光?
    Is it what I think it is, like the reflection of light on water or something?

    raw: 浅蓝色的眼睛仿佛蕴含着水光一样
     
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    glimmering
    shimmering
    glistening
     
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    Her light blue eyes seems glimmering



    Don't trust me.
     
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    dewy eyes? :aww:
     
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    is that what it literally means?
    I feel stupid now lol
     
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    It’s a different language; you aren’t stupid
     
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    Lemonfairy 〖Retired Old Lady ♡〗〖High Acidity ♡〗〖Lethal ♡〗

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    I know the other language too so I must be stupid :blobrofl:
     
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    After looking up the definitions of my suggestions, glistening is related to a wet surface, so that's the better choice.

     
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    Tbh, I would prefer this purely from an enjoyable point of view. I don't know the context or Chinese but this adds more color
     
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    Or she could use "sparkling", "twinkling", "shining" depends on the context :hmm::blobcry:
     
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    水光 usually means the reflection of light off water.
    Here literally translate to describe
    -Light blue eyes seem to possess a shimmering quality (like water)
     
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    lehur ぼく愛エリス

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    dewy
     
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