Usage of the character 蝉
chán
蝉
[蟬]
- cicada
chányì
蝉翼
[蟬翼]
- cicada's wing
- fig. diaphanous
- delicate texture
Diāo Chán
貂蝉
[貂蟬]
- Diaochan (-192), one of the four legendary beauties 四大美女 (sìdàměinü), 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 呂布／吕布 ( Lü Bù)
chánlián
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
chánmíng
蝉鸣
[蟬鳴]
- song of cicadas
- chirping of insects
Jīnchán
金蝉
[金蟬]
- Golden Cicada
chántuì
蝉蜕
[蟬蛻]
- cicada slough
- fig. to free oneself
- to extricate oneself from
hánchán
寒蝉
[寒蟬]
- 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
chánkē
蝉科
[蟬科]
- Cicadidae, homopterous insect family including cicada
chányī
蝉衣
[蟬衣]
- cicada slough (used in TCM)
jìnruòhánchán
噤若寒蝉
[噤若寒蟬]
- to keep quiet out of fear (idiom)
hánchánxiàoyìng
寒蝉效应
[寒蟬效應]
- the chilling effect of a climate of fear in which people are afraid to speak their mind
tánglángbǔchán
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 ( Zhuāngzǐ)); to pursue a narrow gain while neglecting a greater danger
jīnchántuōqiào
金蝉脱壳
[金蟬脫殼]
- lit. the cicada sheds its carapace (idiom); fig. to vanish leaving an empty shell
- a crafty escape plan
tánglángbǔchán,huángquèzàihòu
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 (idiom, from Daoist classic Zhuangzi 莊子／庄子 ( Zhuāngzǐ)); to pursue a narrow gain while neglecting a greater danger