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lightning / CL:
HSK 4
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *闪* | 闪* | *闪
to dodge / to duck out of the way / to beat it / shaken (by a fall) / to sprain / to pull a muscle / lightning / spark / a flash / to flash (across one's mind) / to leave behind / (Internet slang) (of a display of affection) "dazzlingly" saccharine
HSK 4
to glisten; to glitter; to twinkle; to flicker / to be evasive; to equivocate
HSK 7-9
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *闪* | 闪* | *闪
surname Shan
to glint / to glitter / to sparkle / to radiate
flickering; sparkling; glistening; glittering
(computing) flash memory
flash
lightning attack / Blitzkrieg
to flicker or flash
to dodge / to evade
to get out of the way
brilliant / shiny / a flare / to glisten / to twinkle
to dodge
to dodge / to sidestep
to flash
to flash through (one's mind) / to dodge (away from pursuers)
mishap / accident / accidental loss
(coll.) to beat it / to take French leave
to speak evasively (idiom); beating about the bush
sudden idea / flash of thought
to radiate / to shine / glitter of light / a glint
the Semites
The Shining (1980 Stanley Kubrick film from Stephen King's 1977 novel) / ChthoniC (Taiwanese metal band)
flashback; to flash back
to flash / to sparkle / to appear suddenly
flashcard
flash point (chemistry)
to jump out of the way
to get married soon after meeting (abbr. for 閃電結婚|闪电结婚) (neologism c. 2005)
(of an app) to crash
to glitter
to dazzle / to blink at / to open one's eyes wide
stabbing pain / intermittent flash of pain
amphibole (silicate rock-forming mineral)
flash bulb (photography)
to get divorced shortly after marriage / to resign shortly after getting employed
to flash before one's eyes / to flicker
scintillation
to flare / to flash
Semitic language
to reveal momentarily
lightning war / Blitzkrieg
USB flash drive; thumb drive
variant of 閃爍|闪烁
lit. flash point / crucial point / essential point
flashbang; stun grenade
to move nimbly about, dodging and weaving (martial arts)
blitzkrieg / blitz
erhua variant of 閃亮|闪亮
glitter glue
Hamito-Semitic family of languages (incl. Arabic, Aramaic, Hebrew etc)
(physics) scintillator
Semitic
to get married soon after meeting


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