蝉蜕 蟬蛻
蝉蜕 蟬蛻 chán tuì ㄔㄢˊ ㄊㄨㄟˋ sim4 teoi3
- cicada slough
- fig. to free oneself
- to extricate oneself from
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蝉 蟬
- 寒蝉 寒蟬 hán chán ㄏㄢˊ ㄔㄢˊ hon4 sim4 a cicada in cold weather (used as a metaphor for sb who keeps their thoughts to themself)
- 蝉猴 蟬猴 chán hóu ㄔㄢˊ ㄏㄡˊ (coll.) newly-emerged cicada nymph
- 蝉科 蟬科 chán kē ㄔㄢˊ ㄎㄜ sim4 fo1 Cicadidae, homopterous insect family including cicada
- 蝉翼 蟬翼 chán yì ㄔㄢˊ ㄧˋ sim4 jik6 cicada's wing
- 蝉联 蟬聯 chán lián ㄔㄢˊ ㄌㄧㄢˊ sim4 lyun4 to continue in a post
Show 9 more words with 蝉 蟬
- 蝉虾 蟬蝦 chán xiā ㄔㄢˊ ㄒㄧㄚ sim4 haa1 slipper lobster (family Scyllaridae)
- 蝉衣 蟬衣 chán yī ㄔㄢˊ ㄧ sim4 ji1 cicada slough (used in TCM)
- 蝉鸣 蟬鳴 chán míng ㄔㄢˊ ㄇㄧㄥˊ sim4 ming4 song of cicadas
- 貂蝉 貂蟬 Diāo Chán ㄉㄧㄠ ㄔㄢˊ diu1 sim4 Diaochan (-192), one of the four legendary beauties 四大美女, in fiction a famous beauty at the break-up of Han dynasty, given as concubine to usurping warlord Dong Zhuo 董卓 to ensure his overthrow by fighting hero Lü Bu 吕布
- 金蝉 金蟬 Jīn chán ㄐㄧㄣ ㄔㄢˊ gam1 sim4 Golden Cicada
- 噤若寒蝉 噤若寒蟬 jìn ruò hán chán ㄐㄧㄣˋ ㄖㄨㄛˋ ㄏㄢˊ ㄔㄢˊ gam3 joek6 hon4 sim4 to keep quiet out of fear (idiom)
- 寒蝉效应 寒蟬效應 hán chán xiào yìng ㄏㄢˊ ㄔㄢˊ ㄒㄧㄠˋ ㄧㄥˋ hon4 sim4 haau6 jing1 the chilling effect of a climate of fear in which people are afraid to speak their mind
- 螳螂捕蝉 螳螂捕蟬 táng láng bǔ chán ㄊㄤˊ ㄌㄤˊ ㄅㄨˇ ㄔㄢˊ tong4 long4 bou6 sim4 see 螳螂捕蟬，螳螂捕蝉，黄雀在后
- 金蝉脱壳 金蟬脫殼 jīn chán tuō qiào ㄐㄧㄣ ㄔㄢˊ ㄊㄨㄛ ㄑㄧㄠˋ gam1 sim4 tyut3 hok3 lit. the cicada sheds its carapace (idiom); fig. to vanish leaving an empty shell