电光 (diàn guāng) — electric light (from artificial sources); flash of lightning

Definition

Examples

• 城市的电光把夜空照得很亮。
  Chéng shì de diàn guāng bǎ yè kōng zhào dé hěn liàng.
  The city's electric lights make the night sky very bright.
• 刚才天空闪过一道电光，然后下起了大雨。
  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.
• 这台机器可以产生很强的电光。
  Zhè tái jī qì kě yǐ chǎn shēng hěn qiáng de diàn guāng.
  This machine can produce very strong electric light.