"Meteor" • Chinese-English Dictionary

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 liú xīng meteor / shooting star
 yǔn to fall / meteor / to perish / see also 殞|殒[yun3]
 huá guò (of a meteor etc) to streak across (the sky) / (of a searchlight, lightning etc) to play across (the sky)
 xīng huǒ spark / meteor trail (mostly used in expressions like 急如星火[ji2 ru2 xing1 huo3])
 huá pò to cut open / to rip / to streak across (lightning, meteor etc) / to pierce (scream, searchlight etc)
 liú xīng yǔ meteor shower
 xīng liú diàn jī meteor shower and violent thunderclaps (idiom) / omens of violent development / portentous signs
 xīng liú tíng jī meteor shower and violent thunderclaps (idiom) / omens of violent development / portentous signs
 liú xīng gǎn yuè lit. a meteor catching up with the moon / swift action (idiom)
 liè hù zuò liú xīng yǔ Orionids / Orionid meteor shower
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