迅雷 (Xùnléi): Xunlei (Thunder), a Chinese dow…

Meanings

1 Xunlei (Thunder), a Chinese download manager and file-sharing service
2 (literary) a sudden clap of thunder

Characters

迅

Examples

用迅雷下载电影很方便。

Yòng Xùnléi xiàzài diànyǐng hěn fāngbiàn.

It's convenient to download movies with Xunlei.

迅雷不及掩耳。

Xùnléi bù jí yǎn'ěr.

As quick as thunder — too fast to cover one's ears. (idiom: lightning fast)

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history

Founded in 2003, Xunlei pioneered P2P-accelerated downloads in China and was once the default way Chinese users grabbed large files and movies. The name 迅雷 literally means 'swift thunder' and echoes the chengyu 迅雷不及掩耳 ('so quick one can't cover one's ears').