"蝉" • Chinese-English Dictionary

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Decomp. 虫丷曰十
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Mandarin chán
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Pinyin chan2
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中戈金田十
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Unicode U+8749
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 chán cicada
Results beginning with 蝉
 chán lián to continue in a post / (to hold a post) several times in succession / (to win a title) in successive years / to stay at number one / to defend a championship
 chán yì cicada's wing / fig. diaphanous / delicate texture
 chán tuì cicada slough / fig. to free oneself / to extricate oneself from
 chán kē Cicadidae, homopterous insect family including cicada
 chán míng song of cicadas / chirping of insects
 chán yī cicada slough (used in TCM)
Approximate Results for 蝉
 Diāo Chán Diaochan (-192), one of the four legendary beauties 四大美女[si4 da4 mei3 nu:3], in fiction a famous beauty at the break-up of Han dynasty, given as concubine to usurping warlord Dong Zhuo 董卓[Dong3 Zhuo2] to ensure his overthrow by fighting hero Lü / Bu 呂布|吕布[Lu:3 Bu4]
 Jīn chán Golden Cicada
 hán chán cicada in winter / fig. mournful sound
 jìn ruò hán chán to keep quiet out of fear (idiom)
 jīn chán tuō qiào lit. the cicada sheds its carapace (idiom) / fig. to vanish leaving an empty shell / a crafty escape plan
 táng láng bǔ chán the mantis stalks the cicada, unaware of the oriole behind (idiom, from Daoist classic Zhuangzi 莊子|庄子[Zhuang1 zi3]) / to pursue a narrow gain while neglecting a greater danger
 jìng ruò hán chán as quiet as a cicada in winter (idiom)
 táng láng bǔ chán the mantis stalks the cicada, unaware of the oriole behind (idiom, from Daoist classic Zhuangzi 莊子|庄子) / to pursue a narrow gain while neglecting a greater danger
 táng láng bǔ chán , huáng què zài hòu The mantis stalks the cicada, unaware of the oriole behind (idiom, from Daoist classic Zhuangzi 莊子|庄子) / to pursue a narrow gain while neglecting a greater danger
 táng láng bǔ chán , huáng què zài hòu the mantis stalks the cicada, unaware of the oriole behind (idiom, from Daoist classic Zhuangzi 莊子|庄子[Zhuang1 zi3]) / to pursue a narrow gain while neglecting a greater danger
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