The lightning lit up the sky.
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闪
Traditional: 閃
shǎn
HSK 3.0 · 4
Yue Tan · University of Caen; © 2009 Yue Tan. MP3 preparation: Hugo Lopez / audio-cmn · CC BY-SA 3.0 US
shǎn · sim2 (Jyutping)
- 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
- surname Shan
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Character breakdown
Unihan 17.0.0 · Unicode License V3. Make Me a Hanzi · LGPL 3+. Interactive stroke order is available in the study tools.
Example sentences
Lightning is usually followed by thunder.
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