Chinese Notes

闪 (閃) shǎn

shǎn noun lightning; a flash
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Optics
Notes: Middle Chinese: syemX (CC-CEDICT '閃'; Guoyu '閃' n 1; Kroll 2015 '閃' 2; Unihan '閃')
shǎn verb to flash
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: In the sense of 闪光 (CC-CEDICT '閃'; Guoyu '閃' v 3)
shǎn verb to glimpse
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Guoyu '閃' v 1; Kroll 2015 '閃' 1)
shǎn verb to avoid; to dodge; to evade
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 避开 (CC-CEDICT '閃'; Guoyu '閃' v 2; Unihan '閃')
shǎn verb to compel; to force
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 逼迫 (Guoyu '閃' v 4)
shǎn verb to abandon
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 抛弃 (CC-CEDICT '閃'; Guoyu '閃' v 5)
shǎn verb to sprain
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 扭伤 (CC-CEDICT '閃'; Guoyu '閃' v 6)
shǎn noun an error; a risk
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 扭伤 (Guoyu '閃' n 2)

Contained in

快闪族(快閃族) flash mobbers
寒光闪闪(寒光閃閃) to glitter like frost and snow
忽闪(忽閃) to glitter; to gleam; to sparkle; to flash
闪电战(閃電戰) blitzkrieg; blitz
闪烁其词(閃爍其詞) to speak evasively; beating about the bush
闪耀(閃耀) to glitter
闪击(閃擊) lightning attack; Blitzkrieg
闪动(閃動) to flicker or flash
闪眼(閃眼) to dazzle; to blink at; to open one's eyes wide
闪光胶(閃光膠) glitter glue
躲闪(躲閃) to evade; to dodge (out of the way)
一闪而过(一閃而過) to flash past; to flit by
闪让(閃讓) to jump out of the way
闪身(閃身) to dodge
闪辉(閃輝) scintillation
闪转腾挪(閃轉騰挪) to move nimbly about, dodging and weaving (martial arts)
闪躲(閃躲) to dodge; to evade
闪婚(閃婚) lightning wedding; to get married on the spur of the moment
闪露(閃露) to reveal momentarily
亮闪闪(亮閃閃) bright
东躲西闪(東躲西閃) to dodge about
闪出(閃出) to flash; to sparkle; to appear suddenly
闪射(閃射) to radiate; to shine; glitter of light; a glint
闪石(閃石) amphibole (silicate rock-forming mineral)
快闪(快閃) to depart as quick as a flash; flash mob
闪现(閃現) to flash
闪念(閃念) sudden idea; flash of thought
金光闪烁(金光閃爍) spangle
闪光灯(閃光燈) flash bulb
角闪石(角閃石) hornblende (rock-forming mineral, type of amphibole)
闪闪(閃閃) to flicker; to sparkle; to glisten; to glitter
闪电(閃電) lightning; a flash
一闪念(一閃念) sudden idea; flash of insight
闪亮(閃亮) brilliant; shiny; a flare; to glisten; to twinkle
闪灼(閃灼) flash
闪电式结婚(閃電式結婚) lightning wedding; to get married on the spur of the moment
闪痛(閃痛) stabbing pain; intermittent flash of pain
闪存盘(閃存盤) USB flash drive; jump drive; thumb drive; memory stick
闪光点(閃光點) lit. flash point; crucial point; essential point
闪米特(閃米特) Semitic
放闪(放閃) (of a couple) to display affection in public or by posting photos on social media
闪击战(閃擊戰) lightning war; Blitzkrieg
闪点(閃點) flash point
闪开(閃開) to get out of the way

Also contained in

闪含语系、齿龈闪音、闪语族、闪灵、快闪记忆体、闪-含语系、闪存

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第一百二回 Chapter 102 Water Margin 水滸傳 — count: 9
第四十五回 Chapter 45 Water Margin 水滸傳 — count: 7
第五十六回 Chapter 56 Water Margin 水滸傳 — count: 5
第二十三回 Chapter 23 Water Margin 水滸傳 — count: 5
第九十一回 Chapter 91 Journey to the West 西遊記 — count: 5
第七十五回 Chapter 75 Journey to the West 西遊記 — count: 4
卷十二 Scroll 12 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 3
第四十二回 Chapter 42 Water Margin 水滸傳 — count: 3
第四十五回 Chapter 45 Journey to the West 西遊記 — count: 3
第十八回 Chapter 18 Water Margin 水滸傳 — count: 3

Collocations

一闪 (一閃) 史進卻把腰一閃 — Water Margin 水滸傳, 第二回 Chapter 2 — count: 21
闪在 (閃在) 閃在青石邊 — Water Margin 水滸傳, 第二十三回 Chapter 23 — count: 19
闪入 (閃入) 有霹靂閃入人家 — Old Book of Tang 舊唐書, 卷三十七志第十七: 五行 Volume 37 Treatises 17: Five Elements — count: 9
闪肭 (閃肭) 只做閃肭了腿 — Water Margin 水滸傳, 第五十六回 Chapter 56 — count: 7
活闪 (活閃) 活閃婆 — Water Margin 水滸傳, 第七十一回 Chapter 71 — count: 5
闪婆 (閃婆) 活閃婆 — Water Margin 水滸傳, 第七十一回 Chapter 71 — count: 5
闪一 (閃一) 朱仝虛閃一閃 — Water Margin 水滸傳, 第十八回 Chapter 18 — count: 4
人闪 (人閃) 只見一箇人閃將進來 — Water Margin 水滸傳, 第十回 Chapter 10 — count: 4
闪朒 (閃朒) 也有閃朒腿的 — Water Margin 水滸傳, 第四十二回 Chapter 42 — count: 4
急闪 (急閃) 玄德急閃 — Romance of the Three Kingdoms 三國演義, 第五回 Chapter 5 — count: 4