Usage of the character 蛉
líng
蛉
[蛉]
- sandfly
qīnglíng
蜻蛉
[蜻蛉]
- damselfly
- lacewing
mínglíng
螟蛉
[螟蛉]
- green rice caterpillar or similar insect larva
- adopted son (Etymology: Wasps of a particular species take caterpillars to their nest as food for their offspring, but it was mistakenly believed that the wasps were raising the caterpillars as their own young.)
cǎoqīnglíng
草蜻蛉
[草蜻蛉]
- green lacewing
báilíngrè
白蛉热
[白蛉熱]
- sandfly fever
qīnglíngmù
蜻蛉目
[蜻蛉目]
- Odonata, order consisting of about 6,000 species of dragonflies and damselflies
mínglíngzǐ
螟蛉子
[螟蛉子]
- adopted son
jiànzǒuqīnglíng
剑走蜻蛉
[劍走蜻蛉]
- the sword moves like a dragon-fly (modern idiom)
- fig. unexpected winning move
- unconventional gambit