电光 (diàn guāng) — electric light (from artificial sources); flash of lightning
Definition
Literary term for 'electric light' and 'flash of lightning' — reads more like 文言/poetic than modern 灯光. Mostly seen in fixed phrases like 电光石火.
noun
electric light (from artificial sources)flash of lightning
Examples
- 电光。Chéng shì de diàn guāng bǎ yè kōng zhào dé hěn liàng.The city's electric lights make the night sky very bright.
- 电光，。Gāng cái tiān kōng shǎn guò yí dào diàn guāng, rán hòu xià qǐ le dà yǔ.Just now a flash of lightning streaked across the sky, and then it started raining heavily.
- 电光。Zhè tái jī qì kě yǐ chǎn shēng hěn qiáng de diàn guāng.This machine can produce very strong electric light.
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