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蝉chán
Trad. 蟬
  • cicada
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貂diāo蝉chán
Trad. 貂蟬
  • 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]
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金jīn蝉chán
Trad. 金蟬
  • Golden Cicada
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蝉chán猴hóu
Trad. 蟬猴
  • (coll.) newly-emerged cicada nymph
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蝉chán科kē
Trad. 蟬科
  • Cicadidae, homopterous insect family including cicada
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蝉chán翼yì
Trad. 蟬翼
  • cicada's wing
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蝉chán联lián
Trad. 蟬聯
  • 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
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蝉chán蜕tuì
Trad. 蟬蛻
  • cicada slough
  • fig. to free oneself
  • to extricate oneself from
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蝉chán虾xiā
Trad. 蟬蝦
  • slipper lobster (family Scyllaridae)
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蝉chán衣yī
Trad. 蟬衣
  • cicada slough (used in TCM)
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蝉chán鸣míng
Trad. 蟬鳴
  • song of cicadas
  • chirping of insects
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寒hán蝉chán
Trad. 寒蟬
  • a cicada in cold weather (used as a metaphor for sb who keeps their thoughts to themself)
  • Meimuna opalifera, a kind of cicada found in East Asia
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螳táng螂láng捕bǔ蝉chán
Trad. 螳螂捕蟬
  • 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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噤jìn若ruò寒hán蝉chán
Trad. 噤若寒蟬
  • to keep quiet out of fear (idiom)
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金jīn蝉chán脱tuō壳qiào
Trad. 金蟬脫殼
  • lit. the cicada sheds its carapace (idiom); fig. to vanish leaving an empty shell
  • a crafty escape plan
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寒hán蝉chán效xiào应yìng
Trad. 寒蟬效應
  • the chilling effect of a climate of fear in which people are afraid to speak their mind
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螳táng螂láng捕bǔ蝉chán，黄huáng雀què在zài后hòu
Trad. 螳螂捕蟬，黃雀在後
  • 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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