Memory phrase for the character: 蝉
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
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(They never are in a group:) The insect that stays single is the cicade.
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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
金蝉
Jīn chán
螳螂捕蝉
táng láng bǔ chán
the mantis stalks the cicada, unaware of the oriole behind
螳螂捕蝉
táng láng bǔ chán