"Cicada" • Chinese-English Dictionary

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知了 zhī liǎo cicada (onom.)
蝉 chán cicada
蜩 tiáo cicada
螀 jiāng cicada (Cosmopsaltria opalifera)
蟭蟟 jiāo liáo cicada (old)
脱壳 tuō qiào to molt / to exuviate / fig. to fly off like an exuviate cicada
金蝉 Jīn chán Golden Cicada
金蝉脱壳 jīn chán tuō qiào lit. the cicada sheds its carapace (idiom) / fig. to vanish leaving an empty shell / a crafty escape plan
寒蝉 hán chán cicada in winter / fig. mournful sound
蝉蜕 chán tuì cicada slough / fig. to free oneself / to extricate oneself from
蝈 guō small green cicada or frog (meaning unclear, possibly onom.) / see 蟈蟈|蝈蝈 / long-horned grasshopper
螓 qín small cicada with a square head
螗 táng variety of small cicada with a green back and a clear song (in ancient books)
蜺 ní Japanese cicada / rainbow
詨 jiāo kind of cicada, cosmopsaltria
螳螂捕蝉 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
螳蜋捕蝉 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
螳蜋捕蝉，黄雀在后 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
蝈蝈笼 guō guō lóng cage for singing cicada
蟪蛄 huì gū Platypleura kaempferi, a kind of cicada
蟪蛄不知春秋 huì gū bù zhī chūn qiū lit. short-lived cicada does not know the seasons / fig. to see only a small piece of the big picture
蝉科 chán kē Cicadidae, homopterous insect family including cicada
蝉衣 chán yī cicada slough (used in TCM)
蠽 jié small green cicada
静若寒蝉 jìng ruò hán chán as quiet as a cicada in winter (idiom)
螳螂捕蝉，黄雀在后 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
蝒 mián large, black cicada / locust
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