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shǎn HSK4

flash

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to flash verbadjective
to flash; to sparkle or twinkle; to shine fitfully

屏幕刚刚闪了。

píng​mù gāng​gāng shǎn le.

The screen just flickered.

flash noun
a flash of light; lightning; a spark
to flash through verbparticle
to flash across (one's mind); to appear or vanish suddenly
to dodge nounverb
to dodge; to duck out of the way; to move aside quickly to avoid something
to sprain
to sprain; to twist a joint or pull a muscle through sudden or violent movement
to leave behind
to leave behind; to abandon or forsake; to leave someone in the lurch
Shan
(proper noun) the Chinese surname Shan
to sway
to sway or stagger; to shake or lurch suddenly
mishap
a mishap, error, or accident, often used in the context of unforeseen trouble
to display affection
(Internet slang) to show off one's romantic relationship in a way that is "dazzling" to others; to engage in a public display of affection

Frequency
Character
Written text
1,113th most common 131.4 per million
Movie subtitles
1,185th most common 72.8 per million appears in 27% of films
Word
Movie subtitles
28.1 per million appears in 10% of films
Written text
36.9 per million

Details
HSK 3.0
Level 4
Simplified
闪
Strokes
10
Unicode
U+9583

Sources
Frequency data
MTSU Chinese text computingSUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)