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Information of 蝉

Pinyinchán

Radical

虫

Strokes

14 strokes

Usage

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Definition

cicada

蝉 蟬 chán 名词 【本义】: 一种昆虫。也称“知了” 1. Insects with many species; males have sound-producing organs on their abdomen, making loud noises. Example: 蝉联 (cicada call). 蝉蜕 (cicada molt). 蝉韵 (the sound of cicadas). 寒蝉 (winter cicada). 金蝉脱壳 (the cicada sheds its shell). 2. An ancient type of thin silk, as thin as a cicada's wing. Example: 蝉纱 (cicada silk). 古代一种薄绸，薄如蝉翼。 An ancient type of extremely thin silk fabric, named for its thinness, resembling cicada wings.蝉 蟬 chán 名词 1. Same as the original meaning. A member of the class Insecta, order Hemiptera, cicadidae family, genus Cicada ([En.] cicada). 2. An ancient type of extremely thin silk fabric. Named for being thin as cicada wings ([En.] thin silks). 引用:1. 《说文》: 蝉，以旁鸣者。According to Erya, it is called 蜩, and commonly known as 知了. 2. 《礼记·夏小正》: 寒蝉鸣. 3. Song of Xin Qiji: 清风半夜鸣蝉. 例: 寒蝉 (the cicada heard in cold autumn days). 蝉 蟬 chán 形容词 1. Continuous ([En.] continuous). 引用: 1. 左思 《吴都赋》: 蝉联陵丘. Note: "indicating continuity." 例: 蝉联 (continuous); 婵嫣 (connected, unbroken).

噤若寒蝉 jìn ruò hán chán

to keep quiet out of fear (idiom)

蝉翼 chán yì

cicada's wing / fig. diaphanous / delicate texture

蝉联 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

蝉蜕 chán tuì

cicada slough / fig. to free oneself / to extricate oneself from

貂蝉 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]

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); to pursue a narrow gain while neglecting a greater danger

Input Method for 蝉

Pinyinchan2

Wubi

jujf

Cangjie

licwj

Zhengma

iuke

Four Corner

58156

Unicode

U+8749

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