闪
Meaning
- to dodge
- to duck out of the way
- to beat it
Example sentence
他进来了，眼里闪着光。
He came in with his eyes shining.
The character 闪
闪 is 人, a person, inside 门, a gate: someone darting through. To dodge — 闪开 — and to flash: 闪电 lightning, 闪光. The picture is something there and gone.