闪电 shǎndiàn lightning
How to remember 闪电: 闪 flash + 电 electricity = lightning.
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How it is used
- Lightning - 电闪雷鸣 (diàn shǎn léi míng) lightning flashing and thunder roaring.
- The flash of lightning (thunder is 雷 léi); measure word 道 (dào).
- Figuratively "lightning-fast": 闪电战 (shǎndiànzhàn) blitzkrieg, 闪电般 (shǎndiàn bān) in a flash.
Example sentences
- 闪电照亮了天空。 Shǎndiàn zhàoliàng le tiānkōng.The lightning lit up the sky.