Definition & Meaning

1.flash; glimmer; glisten; twinkle; flicker

2.equivocate; be evasive about; hesitate in speech; speak evasively; vague; noncommittal; hum and haw; prevaricate

Word usage

shǎn shuò

闪 烁

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1
v.flash; glimmer; glisten; twinkle; flicker
- dēng guāng shǎn shuò
  灯光闪烁。
  The light flickered.
- tiān kōng zhōng shǎn shuò zhe xīng xing
  天空中闪烁着星星。
  The sky is spangled with stars.
- hǎi shuǐ zài yuè guāng xia shǎn shuò
  海水在月光下闪烁。
  The lake glistens in the moonlight.
synonym
shǎn guāng闪光 shǎn liàng闪亮 shǎn dòng闪动 míng miè明灭 hū shǎn忽闪 shǎn zhuó闪灼
2
v.equivocate; be evasive about; hesitate in speech; speak evasively; vague; noncommittal; hum and haw; prevaricate
- tā duì suǒ tí wèn tí shǎn shuò bù qīng
  他对所提问题闪烁不清。
  He hummed and hawed, giving no direct reply to the question.
- shǎn shuò qí cí
  闪烁其词
  equivocate
3
v.shine
- shǎn shuò chū wǔ yán liù sè de guāng cǎi
  闪烁出五颜六色的光彩
  shine with every hue
synonym
hū shǎn忽闪

Word usage

Reduplication
"闪烁" can be reduplicated, for example: "闪闪烁烁 ".
- 他闪闪烁烁，不肯说明确。
  He was evasive and noncommittal.

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