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ID	Chinese	Trad.	Pinyin	PlainPY	English Definition
ID	Chinese	Trad.	Pinyin	PlainPY	English Definition
1	蝉	蟬	chán	chan2	cicada
2	蝉科	蟬科	chán kē	chan2 ke1	Cicadidae, homopterous insect family including cicada
3	蝉联	蟬聯	chán lián	chan2 lian2	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
4	蝉鸣	蟬鳴	chán míng	chan2 ming2	song of cicadas; chirping of insects
5	蝉鸣雀躁	蟬鳴雀躁	chán míng què zào	chan2 ming2 que4 zao4	the chirping of cicadas and sparrows (idiom)
6	蝉蜕	蟬蛻	chán tuì	chan2 tui4	cicada slough; fig. to free oneself; to extricate oneself from
7	蝉衣	蟬衣	chán yī	chan2 yi1	cicada slough (used in TCM)
8	蝉翼	蟬翼	chán yì	chan2 yi4	cicada's wing; fig. diaphanous; delicate texture
9	貂蝉	貂蟬	diāo chán	Diao1 Chan2	Diaochan (-192), one of the Four legendary beauties 四大美女
10	寒蝉	寒蟬	hán chán	han2 chan2	cicada in winter; fig. mournful sound
11	金蝉	金蟬	jīn chán	Jin1 chan2	Golden Cicada
12	金蝉脱壳	金蟬脫殼	jīn chán tuō qiào	jin1 chan2 tuo1 qiao4	lit. the cicada sheds its carapace (idiom); fig. to vanish leaving an empty shell; a crafty escape plan
13	噤若寒蝉	噤若寒蟬	jìn ruò hán chán	jin4 ruo4 han2 chan2	to keep quiet out of fear (idiom)
14	静若寒蝉	靜若寒蟬	jìng ruò hán chán	jing4 ruo4 han2 chan2	as quiet as a cicada in winter (idiom)
15	螳螂捕蝉	螳螂捕蟬	táng láng bǔ chán	tang2 lang2 bu3 chan2	the mantis stalks the cicada, unaware of the oriole behind (成语 saw, from Daoist classic Zhuangzi 莊子 \|庄子 ); to pursue a narrow gain while neglecting a greater danger; the mantis stalks the cicada, unaware of the oriole behind (idiom, from Daoist classic Zhuangzi 庄子 ); to pursue a narrow gain while neglecting a greater danger
16	螳螂捕蝉，黄雀在后	螳螂捕蟬，黃雀在後	táng láng bǔ chán , huáng què zài hòu	tang2 lang2 bu3 chan2 , huang2 que4 zai4 hou4	The mantis stalks the cicada, unaware of the oriole behind (成语 saw, from Daoist classic Zhuangzi 莊子 \|庄子 ); to pursue a narrow gain while neglecting a greater danger; the mantis stalks the cicada, unaware of the oriole behind (idiom, from Daoist classic Zhuangzi 庄子 ); to pursue a narrow gain while neglecting a greater danger