Memory phrase (Mnemonic) for: 蝉
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蝉 |
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Meaning |
cicada |
Pronunciation |
chán |
Explanation |
Left: Insect 虫, right: single, individual 单 (It shines 丷 the sun 日 in a group of ten 十 [with nine planets] as the single one) |
Mnemonic
| (They never are in a group:) The insect that stays single is the cicade. |
Radicals
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Vocabulary
| 静若寒蝉 |
jìng ruò hán chán |
as quiet as a cicada in winter (idiom) | | 金蝉脱壳 |
jīn chán tuō qiào |
lit. the cicada sheds its carapace (idiom); fig. to vanish leaving an empty shell; a crafty escape plan | | 金蝉 |
Jīn chán |
Golden Cicada | | 螳螂捕蝉 |
táng láng bǔ chán |
the mantis stalks the cicada, unaware of the oriole behind |
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