蝉
蟬Meanings
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- 1.cicada
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Simplified from 蟬 (單 → 单).
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蝉虾 slipper lobster (family Scyllaridae)蝉鸣 song of cicadas貂蝉 Diaochan (-192), one of the four legendary beauties 四大美女[sì dà měi nǚ], in fiction a famous beauty at the break-up of Han dynasty, given as concubine to usurping warlord Dong Zhuo 董卓[Dǒng Zhuó] to ensure his overthrow by fighting hero Lü Bu 吕布[Lǚ Bù]蝉联 to continue in a post蝉衣 cicada slough (used in TCM)蝉猴 (coll.) newly-emerged cicada nymph金蝉 Golden Cicada蝉翼 cicada's wing寒蝉 a cicada in cold weather (used as a metaphor for sb who keeps their thoughts to themself)蝉蜕 cicada slough蝉科 Cicadidae, homopterous insect family including cicada金蝉脱壳 lit. the cicada sheds its carapace (idiom); fig. to vanish leaving an empty shell