蝉 (蟬) chán
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chán
noun
a cicada
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Zoology , Concept: Insect 昆虫
Notes: (CC-CEDICT '蟬'; Guoyu '蟬' n 1; Unihan '蟬'; Wikipedia '蝉') -
chán
adjective
continuous
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Guoyu '蟬' adv; Unihan '蟬')
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- 螳螂捕蝉(螳螂捕蟬) the mantis stalks the cicada, unaware of the oriole behind (idiom, from Daoist classic Zhuangzi 莊子|庄子)
- 金蝉(金蟬) golden cicada
- 金蝉脱壳(金蟬脫殼) the cicada sheds its carapace; to vanish leaving an empty shell; a crafty escape plan
- 蝉联(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
- 蝉鸣(蟬鳴) song of cicadas; chirping of insects
- 寒蝉(寒蟬) cicada in winter; fig. mournful sound
- 蝉蜕(蟬蛻) cicada slough
- 静若寒蝉(靜若寒蟬) as quiet as a cicada in winter
- 噤若寒蝉(噤若寒蟬) to be fearfully silent
- 蝉翼(蟬翼) cicada's wing; diaphanous; delicate texture
- 螳螂捕蝉，黄雀在后(螳螂捕蟬，黃雀在後) the mantis stalks the cicada, unaware of the oriole behind
- 蝉衣(蟬衣) cicada slough (used in TCM)
- 蝉科(蟬科) Cicadidae
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- 第二回 Chapter 60 Dream of the Red Chamber 紅樓夢 — count: 10
- 卷十三 Scroll 13 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 7
- 卷一百五十二 志第一百〇五 輿服四 Volume 152 Treatises 105: Carriages and Clothes 4 History of Song 宋史 — count: 6
- 第八回 Chapter 8 Romance of the Three Kingdoms 三國演義 — count: 6
- 卷四十五 志第二十五: 輿服 Volume 45 Treatises 25: Carriages and Clothes Old Book of Tang 舊唐書 — count: 6
- 《虫部》 Chóng Radical Shuo Wen Jie Zi 說文解字 — count: 5
- 第九回 Chapter 9 Romance of the Three Kingdoms 三國演義 — count: 5
- 卷六十七 志第四十三 輿服三 Volume 67 Treatises 43: Carriages and Clothing 3 History of Ming 明史 — count: 5
- 卷二十四 志第十四 車服 Volume 24 Treatises 15: Carraiges and Attire New Book of Tang 新唐書 — count: 5
Collocations
- 附蝉 (附蟬) 黃金附蟬 — Book of Han 漢書, 卷六十三 武五子傳 Volume 63: The five sons of Emperor Wu — count: 53
- 蝉冕 (蟬冕) 蟬冕熲以灼灼兮 — Book of Jin 晉書, 卷五十五 列傳第二十五 夏侯湛 潘岳 張載 Volume 55 Biographies 25: Xiahou Zhan; Pan Yue; Zhang Zai — count: 19
- 秋蝉 (秋蟬) 秋蟬之翼不足擬其薄 — Book of Jin 晉書, 卷五十五 列傳第二十五 夏侯湛 潘岳 張載 Volume 55 Biographies 25: Xiahou Zhan; Pan Yue; Zhang Zai — count: 9
- 蝉饮 (蟬飲) 蟬飲而不食 — Huainanzi 淮南子, 卷四 墜形訓 Chapter 4: Terrestrial Forms — count: 9
- 蝉蜎 (蟬蜎) 廕修竹之蟬蜎 — Book of Jin 晉書, 卷九十二 列傳第六十二 文苑 Volume 92 Biographies 62: Writers — count: 7
- 蝉始 (蟬始) 蟬始鳴 — The Book of Rites 禮記, 《月令》 Proceedings of Government in the Different Months — count: 6
- 蝉噪 (蟬噪) 蟬噪林逾靜 — Book of Liang 梁書, 卷五十 列傳第四十四 文學下 Volume 50: Men of Letters 2 — count: 5
- 鸣蝉 (鳴蟬) 見螳蜋方向鳴蟬 — Book of Later Han 後漢書, 卷六十下 蔡邕列傳 Volume 60b: Biography of Cai Yong — count: 5
- 穷蝉 (窮蟬) 帝顓頊生子曰窮蟬 — Records of the Grand Historian 史記, 《本紀‧五帝本紀》 Annals - Annals of the Five Emperors — count: 5
- 蝉十二 (蟬十二) 附蟬十二首 — Old Book of Tang 舊唐書, 卷四十五 志第二十五: 輿服 Volume 45 Treatises 25: Carriages and Clothes — count: 5