闪动

閃動

shǎndòng

verb #25,273

Meanings

1 to flicker
2 to flash and move
3 to glimmer

Characters

to flash; to dodge; lightning

to move; movement

Examples

烛光在风中不断闪动。

Zhúguāng zài fēng zhōng bùduàn shǎndòng.

The candlelight flickered continuously in the wind.

屏幕上的图像一直在闪动。

Píngmù shàng de túxiàng yīzhí zài shǎndòng.

The image on the screen kept flickering.

Tips

memory

闪 means flash/dodge and 动 means move — so 闪动 is a flashing movement, like a flicker.

Stroke Order

闪 shǎn

动 dòng