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

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]

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

(coll.) newly-emerged cicada nymph

Cicadidae, homopterous insect family including cicada

cicada's wing

slipper lobster (family Scyllaridae)

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

cicada slough (used in TCM)

song of cicadas; chirping of insects

Golden Cicada

to keep quiet out of fear (idiom)

the chilling effect of a climate of fear in which people are afraid to speak their mind

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]

lit. the cicada sheds its carapace (idiom); fig. to vanish leaving an empty shell; a crafty escape plan

(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