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HSK
lightning / CL:
HSK 4
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *閃* | 閃* | *閃
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
to flicker or flash
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *閃* | 閃* | *閃
surname Shan
brilliant / shiny / a flare / to glisten / to twinkle
flash
flash bulb (photography)
to glint / to glitter / to sparkle / to radiate
flickering; sparkling; glistening; glittering
blitzkrieg / blitz
to dodge / to sidestep
to evade / to dodge (out of the way)
to wink / to blink
to flash
to dodge
to flash through (one's mind) / to dodge (away from pursuers)
to dodge / to evade
to get out of the way
to glitter / to gleam / to sparkle / to flash
(computing) flash memory
bright
lightning attack / Blitzkrieg
to speak evasively (idiom); beating about the bush
the Semites
sudden idea / flash of thought
sudden idea / flash of insight
to jump out of the way
to reveal momentarily
to glitter
lightning war / Blitzkrieg
to evade / to dodge (out of the way)
mishap / accident / accidental loss
Semitic language
to radiate / to shine / glitter of light / a glint
(computing) flash memory
to depart as quick as a flash / flash mob
lightning flashes
to dazzle / to blink at / to open one's eyes wide
The Shining (1980 Stanley Kubrick film from Stephen King's 1977 novel) / ChthoniC (Taiwanese metal band)
scintillation
flashcard
(of a bladed weapon etc) to gleam coldly
(of an app) to crash
flashbang; stun grenade
(computing) flash memory
to flash / to sparkle / to appear suddenly
(coll.) to beat it / to take French leave
amphibole (silicate rock-forming mineral)
flash point (chemistry)
lit. flash point / crucial point / essential point
to flash past / to flit by
flash mobbers
to flash before one's eyes / to flicker
to move nimbly about, dodging and weaving (martial arts)
(computing) flash drive / thumb drive
flash mobbers
(coll.) (of a couple) to display affection in public or by posting photos on social media
hornblende (rock-forming mineral, type of amphibole)
to dodge about
hornblende (rock-forming mineral, type of amphibole)
spangle
erhua variant of 閃亮|闪亮
glitter glue
Hamito-Semitic family of languages (incl. Arabic, Aramaic, Hebrew etc)
flashback; to flash back
to get married soon after meeting (abbr. for 閃電結婚|闪电结婚) (neologism c. 2005)
USB flash drive; thumb drive
to flare / to flash
(physics) scintillator
stabbing pain / intermittent flash of pain
Semitic
variant of 閃爍|闪烁
to get divorced shortly after marriage / to resign shortly after getting employed
to get married soon after meeting


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