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charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *电* | 电* | *电
lightning / electricity / electric (bound form) / to get (or give) an electric shock / phone call or telegram etc / to send via telephone or telegram etc
HSK 1
lightning / CL:
HSK 4
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *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
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *劈* | 劈* | *劈
to hack / to chop / to split open / (of lightning) to strike
HSK 7-9
electric light / lightning / electro-optical
to cut open / to rip / to streak across (lightning, meteor etc) / to pierce (scream, searchlight etc)
lightning rod
lightning bolt; lightning strike
lightning war / Blitzkrieg
to execute a lightning raid / (investment) to buy, then quickly sell / (tourism) to visit a destination for only a short stay
lightning speed / amazingly rapid / incredible pace of development
lightning strike / thunderbolt
firefly / glowworm / lightning bug
very fast / at lightning speed / (coll.) razor-sharp
lightning (archaic word)
flash of lightning, morning dew (idiom); fig. ephemeral / impermanent
(of a meteor etc) to streak across (the sky) / (of a searchlight, lightning etc) to play across (the sky)
lightning attack / Blitzkrieg
thunder and lightning
with a lightning move of the hand
lightning and thunder
brontometer / apparatus to measure thunder and lightning
fast as lightning
(bound form) to avoid being struck by lightning / (slang) to steer clear of sth bad (e.g. shoddy goods, a scam, or a bad experience)
lightning arrester
lightning flashes


Tip: Pinyin can be entered with or without tone numbers, e.g. 'nihao' or 'ni3hao3'.
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