An unlit candle does no shining.

烛不燃烧，根本便没有光。

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Last we looked, however, there was no evidence of knights in shining armor having ridden around medieval Europe in SUVs.

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No matter that, with his shining pate and lumpy pinstripe suit, he looked like a 1940s Minister for Wartime Austerity.

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Peru: no evidence tying bomb attack to Shining Path.

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