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

闪击(閃擊) lightning attack; Blitzkrieg
闪念(閃念) sudden idea; flash of thought
角闪石(角閃石) hornblende (rock-forming mineral, type of amphibole)
闪开(閃開) to get out of the way
亮闪闪(亮閃閃) bright
闪点(閃點) flash point
闪烁其词(閃爍其詞) to speak evasively; beating about the bush
闪痛(閃痛) stabbing pain; intermittent flash of pain
闪亮(閃亮) brilliant; shiny; a flare; to glisten; to twinkle
闪失(閃失) mishap; accident; accidental loss
闪射(閃射) to radiate; to shine; glitter of light; a glint
闪动(閃動) to flicker or flash
扑闪(撲閃) to wink; to blink
快闪(快閃) to depart as quick as a flash; flash mob
一闪而过(一閃而過) to flash past; to flit by
闪避(閃避) to dodge; to sidestep
闪光点(閃光點) lit. flash point; crucial point; essential point
东躲西闪(東躲西閃) to dodge about
闪辉(閃輝) scintillation
快闪党(快閃黨) flash mobbers
闪让(閃讓) to jump out of the way
闪电(閃電) lightning; a flash
闪熠(閃熠) to flare; to flash
寒光闪闪(寒光閃閃) to glitter like frost and snow
闪转腾挪(閃轉騰挪) to move nimbly about, dodging and weaving (martial arts)
闪族(閃族) the Semites
闪过(閃過) to flash through; to dodge
闪铄(閃鑠) to flicker; to twinkle
闪离(閃離) to get divorced shortly after marriage; to resign shortly after getting employed
闪烁(閃爍) to flicker; to twinkle
闪闪(閃閃) to flicker; to sparkle; to glisten; to glitter
金光闪烁(金光閃爍) spangle
忽闪(忽閃) to glitter; to gleam; to sparkle; to flash
普通角闪石(普通角閃石) hornblende (rock-forming mineral, type of amphibole)
闪光(閃光) flash
闪存盘(閃存盤) USB flash drive; jump drive; thumb drive; memory stick
闪光胶(閃光膠) glitter glue
闪米特(閃米特) Semitic
闪身(閃身) to dodge
闪躲(閃躲) to dodge; to evade
闪人(閃人) to beat it; to take French leave
闪电战(閃電戰) blitzkrieg; blitz
闪电式结婚(閃電式結婚) lightning wedding; to get married on the spur of the moment
躲躲闪闪(躲躲閃閃) to evade; to dodge (out of the way)
闪光灯(閃光燈) flash bulb
快闪族(快閃族) flash mobbers

Also contained in

快闪存储器、快闪记忆体盘、快闪记忆体、闪灵、闪含语系

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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
第二十三回 Chapter 23 Water Margin 水滸傳 — count: 5
第五十六回 Chapter 56 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
第十七回 Chapter 17 Journey to the West 西遊記 — count: 3
第四十二回 Chapter 42 Water Margin 水滸傳 — 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
闪婆 (閃婆) 活閃婆 — Water Margin 水滸傳, 第七十一回 Chapter 71 — count: 5
活闪 (活閃) 活閃婆 — Water Margin 水滸傳, 第七十一回 Chapter 71 — count: 5
闪上 (閃上) 班部中閃上托塔李天王與哪吒三太子 — Journey to the West 西遊記, 第四回 Chapter 4 — 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
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
急闪 (急閃) 玄德急閃 — Romance of the Three Kingdoms 三國演義, 第五回 Chapter 5 — count: 4