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蝉chán
  1. cicada

    trad. 蟬

Also written 蟬【chán】

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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]

寒蝉hán chán

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

金蝉Jīn chán

Golden Cicada

噤若寒蝉jìn ruò hán chán

to keep quiet out of fear (idiom)

螳螂捕蝉táng láng bǔ chán

see 螳螂捕蟬,黃雀在後|螳螂捕蝉,黄雀在后[tang2 lang2 bu3 chan2 , huang2 que4 zai4 hou4]

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蝉cicada14 strokes · Frequency #46284

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