How to write 蝉

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Printable Writing Practice Worksheet of "蝉"

Printable Handwriting Practice Worksheet of the Chinese character 蝉

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Printable Stroke Order Practice Worksheet of "蝉"

Printable Stroke Order Practice Worksheet of the Chinese character 蝉

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Meaning of 蝉

Pinyin chán

Radical

虫

Strokes

Definition

cicada

Usage

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噤若寒蝉 jìn ruò hán chán

to keep quiet out of fear (idiom)

蝉翼 chán yì

cicada's wing / fig. diaphanous / delicate texture

蝉联 chán lián

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

蝉蜕 chán tuì

cicada slough / fig. to free oneself / to extricate oneself from

貂蝉 Diāo Chán

Diaochan (-192), one of the four legendary beauties 四大美女[si4 da4 mei3 nu:3], in fiction a famous beauty at the break-up of Han dynasty, given as concubine to usurping warlord Dong Zhuo 董卓[Dong3 Zhuo2] to ensure his overthrow by fighting hero Lü Bu 呂布|吕布[Lu:3 Bu4]

螳螂捕蝉 táng láng bǔ chán

the mantis stalks the cicada, unaware of the oriole behind (idiom, from Daoist classic Zhuangzi 莊子|庄子); to pursue a narrow gain while neglecting a greater danger