电 電 diàn lightning / electricity / electric (bound form) / to get (or give) an electric shock / phone call or telegram etc / to send via telephone or telegram etc syn 闪电 閃電 shǎn diàn lightning / CL:道[dao4] syn 棍子 gùn zi stick / rod syn 飞快 飛快 fēi kuài very fast / at lightning speed / (coll.) razor-sharp syn 杆菌 桿菌 gǎn jūn bacillus (any rod-shaped bacteria) 萤火虫 螢火蟲 yíng huǒ chóng firefly / glowworm / lightning bug syn 雷电 雷電 léi diàn thunder and lightning syn 划破 劃破 huá pò to cut open / to rip / to streak across (lightning, meteor etc) / to pierce (scream, searchlight etc) 神速 shén sù lightning speed / amazingly rapid / incredible pace of development syn 自讨苦吃 自討苦吃 zì tǎo kǔ chī to ask for trouble (idiom) / to make a rod for one's own back syn 鱼竿 魚竿 yú gān fishing rod 雷击 雷擊 léi jī lightning strike / thunderbolt 推杆 推桿 tuī gān push rod or tappet (mechanics) / putter (golf) / to putt (golf) syn 电光 電光 diàn guāng electric light / lightning / electro-optical 电闪 電閃 diàn shǎn lightning flashes syn 钓竿 釣竿 diào gān fishing rod / CL:根[gen1] 风驰电掣 風馳電掣 fēng chí diàn chè fast as lightning syn 铁棒 鐵棒 tiě bàng iron club / steel rod syn 标尺 標尺 biāo chǐ surveyor's rod / staff / staff gauge / rear sight syn 划过 划過 huá guò (of a meteor etc) to streak across (the sky) / (of a searchlight, lightning etc) to play across (the sky) 铁杆 鐵桿 tiě gǎn iron rod / zealous / die-hard 避雷器 bì léi qì lightning arrester 棒材 bàng cái bar / rod 劈手 pī shǒu with a lightning move of the hand syn 闪击 閃擊 shǎn jī lightning attack / Blitzkrieg syn 闪 閃 shǎn to dodge / to duck out of the way / to beat it / shaken (by a fall) / to sprain / to pull a muscle / lightning / spark / a flash / to flash (across one's mind) / to leave behind / (Internet slang) (of a display of affection) "dazzlingly" saccharine syn 棍 gùn stick / rod / truncheon / scoundrel / villain syn 劈 pī to hack / to chop / to split open / (of lightning) to strike syn 杖 zhàng a staff / a rod / cane / walking stick / to flog with a stick (old) syn 杠 槓 gàng coffin-bearing pole (old) / thick pole / bar / rod / thick line / to mark with a thick line / to sharpen (a knife, razor etc) / to get into a dispute with / standard / criterion / hyphen / dash syn 钓鱼竿 釣魚竿 diào yú gān fishing rod 姑息养奸 姑息養奸 gū xī yǎng jiān to tolerate is to nurture an evildoer (idiom) / spare the rod and spoil the child syn 闪击战 閃擊戰 shǎn jī zhàn lightning war / Blitzkrieg syn 钢钎 鋼鐱 gāng qiān (mining) drill rod / drill steel 划子 huá zi rowboat / small boat / oar / paddle / thin rod used to control a curtain etc syn 电光朝露 電光朝露 diàn guāng zhāo lù flash of lightning, morning dew (idiom) / fig. ephemeral / impermanent 落雷 luò léi lightning bolt / lightning strike 核反应堆控制棒 nuclear reactor control rod / control rod 列缺 liè quē lightning (archaic word) 列缺霹雳 列缺霹靂 liè quē pī lì lightning and thunder 闪电式结婚 閃電式結婚 shǎn diàn shì jié hūn lightning wedding / to get married on the spur of the moment / abbr. to 閃婚|闪婚 雷电计 雷電計 léi diàn jì brontometer / apparatus to measure thunder and lightning 雷电计图 雷電計圖 léi diàn jì tú brontograph / record of thunder and lightning 雷电行动 雷電行動 Operation Lightning Thunder 杀进杀出 殺進殺出 shā jìn shā chū to execute a lightning raid / (investment) to buy, then quickly sell / (tourism) to visit a destination for only a short stay 棒磨机 棒磨機 bàng mó jī rod mill 籊 tì long bamboo (for fishing rod) 不打不成才 bù dǎ bù chéng cái spare the rod and spoil the child (idiom) 单晶硅棒 單晶硅棒 dān jīng guī bàng single crystal silicon rod 探尺 tàn chǐ dipstick / measuring rod 杖头木偶 杖頭木偶 zhàng tóu mù ǒu zhangtou wooden rod puppetry syn 棍杖 gùn zhàng staff / rod 油尺 yóu chǐ dipstick / oil measuring rod 计量棒 計量棒 jì liàng bàng measuring rod / dipstick 量油尺 liáng yóu chǐ dipstick / oil measuring rod 金属棒 金屬棒 jīn shǔ bàng metal rod 钓杆 釣桿 diào gǎn fishing rod 钓鱼杆 釣魚杆 diào yú gān fishing rod / CL:根[gen1] 钢柱 鋼柱 gāng zhù iron pillar / iron rod 有争议的问题 有爭議的問題 yǒu zhēng yì de wèn tí lightening-rod issue 宁边核燃料元件制造厂 níng bian hé rán liào yuán jiàn zhì zào chǎng nuclear fuel rod fabrication facility at Yongbyon 燃料棒并装 rán liào bàng bìng zhuāng rod consolidation 敏感问题 敏感問題 mǐn gǎn wèn tí lightening-rod issue 燃料棒束 rán liào bàng shù fuel bundle / fuel cluster / fuel element cluster / rod cluster 燃料棒涂层 燃料棒涂層 rán liào bàng tú céng fuel rod coating 戳探杆 戳探桿 hand probe / rod / prodder 三天不打，上房揭瓦 sān tiān bù dǎ , shàng fáng jiē wǎ three days without a beating, and a child will scale the roof to rip the tiles (idiom) / spare the rod, spoil the child 不打不成器 bù dǎ bù chéng qì spare the rod and spoil the child (idiom) 镁棒 鎂棒 měi bàng ferrocerium rod / fire steel 硅棒 guī bàng silicon rod 刑杖 xíng zhàng rod used for flogging offenders 拨浪鼓 撥浪鼓 bō lang gǔ rattle drum / pellet drum – a hand drum with two pellets attached to strings on either side, mounted on a rod that is twirled to make the pellets strike the drum (used in ritual music, as a children's toy or as a street vendor's noisemaker) syn 自讨苦吃 自討苦吃 zì tǎo - kǔ chī (idiom) to ask for trouble / to make a rod for one's own back syn 