闪烁 (閃爍)
shǎn shuò
Pinyin

Definition

闪烁 (閃爍)
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shǎn shuò
  1. flickering
  2. twinkling
  3. evasive
  4. vague (of speech)

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

闪
Shǎn
  1. 1 surname Shan
闪亮
shǎn liàng
  1. 1 brilliant
  2. 2 shiny
  3. 3 a flare
  4. 4 to glisten
  5. 5 to twinkle
闪耀
shǎn yào
  1. 1 to glint
  2. 2 to glitter
  3. 3 to sparkle
  4. 4 to radiate
闪闪
shǎn shǎn
  1. 1 flickering
  2. 2 sparkling
  3. 3 glistening
  4. 4 glittering
一闪而过
yī shǎn ér guò
  1. 1 to flash past
  2. 2 to flit by

Idioms (3)

寒光闪闪
hán guāng shǎn shǎn
  1. 1 to glitter like frost and snow (idiom)
闪烁其词
shǎn shuò qí cí
  1. 1 to speak evasively (idiom); beating about the bush
震古烁今
zhèn gǔ shuò jīn
  1. 1 shaking the old and illuminating the new (idiom); surpassing the ancients and dazzling contemporaries
  2. 2 glorious and world-shattering

Sample Sentences

李探长隐约看到墙角放着一个摄像机和一个扩音喇叭，摄像机上的红灯正在闪烁。
Lǐ tànzhǎng yǐnyuē kàndào qiángjiǎo fàng zhe yī gè shèxiàngjī hé yī gè kuòyīn lǎba ，shèxiàngjī shàng de hóngdēng zhèngzài shǎnshuò 。
Detective Li could faintly make out a video camera and loudspeaker in the corner of the room. The red light on the video camera was blinking.
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