閃亮

简 闪亮 · 繁 閃亮
Mandarin · pinyin shǎn liàng

Meanings

  1. brilliant
  2. shiny
  3. a flare
  4. to glisten
  5. to twinkle
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閃
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亮
liàng · bright, brilliant, radiant, light
闪
shǎn · flash; avoid, dodge, evade
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3–4 · shan3 liang4

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adj

  1. shiny
  2. brilliant
  3. lustrous

noun

  1. dawn; daybreak

verb

  1. to shine; to glare; to glisten; to twinkle

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