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


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