Yanamino蝉
cicada; continuous
- Strokes
- 14
- Pinyin
- chán
Parts
Words with 蝉
- 寒蝉hán chán · hanchana 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
- 蝉猴chán hóu · chanhou(coll.) newly-emerged cicada nymph
- 蝉科chán kē · chankeCicadidae, homopterous insect family including cicada
- 蝉翼chán yì · chanyicicada's wing
- 蝉联chán lián · chanlianto continue in a post; (to hold a post) several times in succession; (to win a title) in successive years
- 蝉蜕chán tuì · chantuicicada slough; fig. to free oneself; to extricate oneself from
- 蝉虾chán xiā · chanxiaslipper lobster (family Scyllaridae)
- 蝉衣chán yī · chanyicicada slough (used in TCM)
- 蝉鸣chán míng · chanmingsong of cicadas; chirping of insects
- 貂蝉diāo chán · diaochanDiaochan (-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]
- 金蝉jīn chán · jinchanGolden Cicada
- 噤若寒蝉jìn ruò hán chán · jinruohanchanto keep quiet out of fear (idiom)
- 寒蝉效应hán chán xiào yìng · hanchanxiaoyingthe chilling effect of a climate of fear in which people are afraid to speak their mind
- 金蝉脱壳jīn chán tuō qiào · jinchantuoqiaolit. the cicada sheds its carapace (idiom); fig. to vanish leaving an empty shell; a crafty escape plan
- 螳螂捕蝉，黄雀在后táng láng bǔ chán , huáng què zài hòu · tanglangbuchan,huangquezaihou(lit.) the mantis stalks the cicada, unaware of the siskin behind (idiom, from Daoist classic Zhuangzi 莊子|庄子[Zhuang1 zi3]); (fig.) to pursue a narrow gain while neglecting a greater danger