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電光

简电光 · 繁電光

Mandarin · pinyin diàn guāng

light produced by electricity; (esp.) lightning flash
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光: guāng · light, brilliant, shine; only
电: diàn · electricity; electric; lightning

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4–1 · dian4 guang1

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noun

flash of lightning
electric light
lustre on fabric processed by a Schreiner calender machine
(dated or Northern Min) (electric) light; lamp (Classifier: 盞／盏 m)
(dated or Taiwanese Hokkien, Taiwanese Hakka, physics) X-ray

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