闪电
shǎn diàn
Pinyin

Definition

闪电
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shǎn diàn
  1. lightning
  2. CL:道[dào]

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

闪耀
shǎn yào
  1. 1 to glint
  2. 2 to glitter
  3. 3 to sparkle
  4. 4 to radiate
电
diàn
  1. 1 electric
  2. 2 electricity
  3. 3 electrical
电信
diàn xìn
  1. 1 telecommunications
电子
diàn zǐ
  1. 1 electronic
  2. 2 electron (particle physics)
电影
diàn yǐng
  1. 1 movie
  2. 2 film
  3. 3 CL:部[bù],片[piàn],幕[mù],場|场[chǎng]
电脑
diàn nǎo
  1. 1 computer
  2. 2 CL:臺|台[tái]
电视
diàn shì
  1. 1 television
  2. 2 TV
  3. 3 CL:臺|台[tái],個|个[gè]
电视剧
diàn shì jù
  1. 1 TV play
  2. 2 soap opera
  3. 3 CL:部[bù]
电话
diàn huà
  1. 1 telephone
  2. 2 CL:部[bù]
  3. 3 phone call
  4. 4 CL:通[tōng]
  5. 5 phone number
来电
lái diàn
  1. 1 incoming telegram or telephone call
  2. 2 your telegram, telephone call, or message
  3. 3 to send a telegram or make a telephone call here (i.e. to the speaker)
  4. 4 to have instant attraction to sb
  5. 5 to have chemistry with sb
  6. 6 to come back (of electricity, after an outage)
供电
gōng diàn
  1. 1 to supply electricity
停电
tíng diàn
  1. 1 to have a power failure
  2. 2 power cut
充电
chōng diàn
  1. 1 to recharge batteries
  2. 2 fig. to rest and recuperate
充电器
chōng diàn qì
  1. 1 battery charger
家电
jiā diàn
  1. 1 household electric appliance
  2. 2 abbr. for 家用電器|家用电器
广电
guǎng diàn
  1. 1 radio and television
  2. 2 broadcasting
快闪
kuài shǎn
  1. 1 to depart as quick as a flash
  2. 2 flash mob
手电筒
shǒu diàn tǒng
  1. 1 flashlight
  2. 2 electric hand torch
放电
fàng diàn
  1. 1 electrical discharge
  2. 2 (coll.) to lure
  3. 3 to entice
断电
duàn diàn
  1. 1 power cut
  2. 2 electric power failure

Idioms (4)

寒光闪闪
hán guāng shǎn shǎn
  1. 1 to glitter like frost and snow (idiom)
星流电击
xīng liú diàn jī
  1. 1 meteor shower and violent thunderclaps (idiom); omens of violent development
  2. 2 portentous signs
闪烁其词
shǎn shuò qí cí
  1. 1 to speak evasively (idiom); beating about the bush
电光朝露
diàn guāng zhāo lù
  1. 1 flash of lightning, morning dew (idiom); fig. ephemeral
  2. 2 impermanent

Sample Sentences

以后每天跟着我跑步去，保证你一个月之内瘦成一道闪电。
yǐhòu měitiān gēn zhe wǒ pǎobù qù ，bǎozhèng nǐ yī ge yuè zhīnèi shòu chéng yī dào shǎndiàn 。
From now on you can go running with me every day. I guarantee that you'll be skinny as a rake within a month.
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哇！你看，那么大的闪电！要是被打到就惨了。
wā ！nǐ kàn ，nàme dà de shǎndiàn ！yàoshì bèi dǎ dào jiù cǎn le 。
Wow! Look! Such powerful lightning. You would be screwed if you were stuck by that.
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