闪 (閃) shǎn

1. 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')
2. 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)
3. shǎn verb to glimpse
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Guoyu '閃' v 1; Kroll 2015 '閃' 1)
4. 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')
5. shǎn verb to compel; to force
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 逼迫 (Guoyu '閃' v 4)
6. shǎn verb to abandon
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 抛弃 (CC-CEDICT '閃'; Guoyu '閃' v 5)
7. shǎn verb to sprain
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 扭伤 (CC-CEDICT '閃'; Guoyu '閃' v 6)
8. 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

• 闪现(閃現) to flash
• 闪电战(閃電戰) blitzkrieg; blitz
• 闪石(閃石) amphibole (silicate rock-forming mineral)
• 快闪族(快閃族) flash mobbers
• 闪退(閃退) (of a mobile app) to crash on startup; to crash
• 闪射(閃射) to radiate; to shine; glitter of light; a glint
• 闪露(閃露) to reveal momentarily
• 闪族(閃族) the Semites
• 闪身(閃身) to dodge
• 闪烁其词(閃爍其詞) to speak evasively; beating about the bush
• 闪闪(閃閃) to flicker; to sparkle; to glisten; to glitter
• 闪避(閃避) to dodge; to sidestep
• 闪点(閃點) flash point
• 闪映(閃映) to flash before one's eyes; to flicker
• 闪亮(閃亮) brilliant; shiny; a flare; to glisten; to twinkle
• 一闪念(一閃念) sudden idea; flash of insight
• 寒光闪闪(寒光閃閃) to glitter like frost and snow
• 闪痛(閃痛) stabbing pain; intermittent flash of pain
• 金光闪烁(金光閃爍) spangle
• 闪过(閃過) to flash through; to dodge
• 角闪石(角閃石) hornblende (rock-forming mineral, type of amphibole)
• 闪熠(閃熠) to flare; to flash
• 闪眼(閃眼) to dazzle; to blink at; to open one's eyes wide
• 闪烁(閃爍) to flicker; to twinkle
• 普通角闪石(普通角閃石) hornblende (rock-forming mineral, type of amphibole)
• 快闪(快閃) to depart as quick as a flash; flash mob
• 闪电(閃電) lightning; a flash
• 闪耀(閃耀) to glitter
• 闪光点(閃光點) lit. flash point; crucial point; essential point
• 闪动(閃動) to flicker or flash
• 东躲西闪(東躲西閃) to dodge about
• 躲闪(躲閃) to evade; to dodge (out of the way)
• 闪击(閃擊) lightning attack; Blitzkrieg
• 闪出(閃出) to flash; to sparkle; to appear suddenly
• 亮闪闪(亮閃閃) bright
• 闪烁体(閃爍體) scintillator
• 闪失(閃失) mishap; accident; accidental loss
• 闪让(閃讓) to jump out of the way
• 闪开(閃開) to get out of the way
• 闪铄(閃鑠) to flicker; to twinkle
• 电闪(電閃) lightning flashes
• 一闪而过(一閃而過) to flash past; to flit by
• 放闪(放閃) (of a couple) to display affection in public or by posting photos on social media
• 扑闪(撲閃) to wink; to blink
• 闪灼(閃灼) flash

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Truncated for common words

• 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
• 卷八 Scroll 8 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
• 第七十七回 Chapter 77 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
• 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
• 闪一 (閃一) 朱仝虛閃一閃 — Water Margin 水滸傳, 第十八回 Chapter 18 — 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