They shone like stars in the dark, dirty building.
闪耀
to glint
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Meaning and common use
to glint
to glitter
to sparkle
to radiate
How 闪耀 actually appears in real sentences.
These sentences are copied from the Tatoeba corpus, so they are real usage rather than generated text. 闪耀 appears in 2 of the 89,190 sentences we searched.
Far away beyond the pine-woods, there is a little garden. There the grass grows long and deep, there are the great white stars of the hemlock flower, there the nightingale sings all night long. All night long he sings, and the cold crystal moon looks down, and the yew-tree spreads out its giant arms over the sleepers.
Words that keep company with 闪耀.
Counted from the same corpus: the word that most often comes directly before, and directly after, 闪耀.
Directly before
- 地闪耀1
- 一样闪耀1
Directly after
- 闪耀著1
Where this entry comes from
The HSK level, part of speech, and pronunciation come from the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus. The English definitions come from CC-CEDICT. Corpus sentences, collocations, and the frequency figure come from the Tatoeba Chinese sentence export and are counted rather than written, so nothing on this page is invented. Usage notes and the hand-written examples that appear higher up exist only for a handful of entries.
Definitions from CC-CEDICT, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Vocabulary levels and parts of speech from the HSK 3.1 syllabus. This compiled dictionary is shared under the same CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
About 闪耀
What does 闪耀 mean in Chinese?
闪耀 (shǎnyào) means to glint.
How do you pronounce 闪耀?
闪耀 is pronounced shǎnyào.
Is 闪耀 an HSK word?
闪耀 is on the list of the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus.
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