shǎn

B1 Level 5 ★ Core word
Intransitive verbProcess verb

Definition

  1. surname Shan
  2. to dodge
  3. to duck out of the way
  4. to beat it
  5. shaken (by a fall)
  6. to sprain
  7. to pull a muscle
  8. lightning
  9. spark
  10. a flash
  11. to flash (across one's mind)
  12. to leave behind
  13. (Internet slang) (of a display of affection) "dazzlingly" saccharine

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Example

天上閃了一道光。

A flash of light streaked across the sky.

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Vocabulary & levels: TBCL / NAER. Parts of speech: TOCFL 8000-word list (SC-TOP). Definitions: CC-CEDICT & CFDICT (CC BY-SA). Stroke data: Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License).