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Meaning of 蜻

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蜻
Pinyin: qīng
English Definition: see 蜻蜓
Chinese Definition:
①(蜻蜓)昆虫,捕食小飞虫,是益虫。幼虫称“水虿”,生活在水中(有的地区称“蚂螂”),如“蜻蜻点水”(喻做事肤浅不深入)。
Total strokes: 14; Radical: 虫
Pictophonetic:青 indicates the sound; 虫 (insect) conveys the meaning.
Character Formation:
  • ⿰ Left to right
    • 虫 [ chóng ] insect, worm; mollusk
    • 青 [ qīng ] nature's color; blue, green, black; young
Similar Characters: 清 晴 睛 猜 情 倩 蝟
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Example Words
蜻蜓 qīng tíng dragonfly
蜻蜓点水 qīng tíng diǎn shuǐ lit. the dragonfly touches the water lightly; superficial contact (idiom)
草蜻蛉 cǎo qīng líng green lacewing
剑走蜻蛉 jiàn zǒu qīng líng the sword moves like a dragon-fly (modern idiom); fig. unexpected winning move; unconventional gambit
蜻蜓掠水 qīng tíng lüè shuǐ The dragonflies skimmed over the water. (idiom)
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Example Sentences
1
我们不出声地盯着鱼竿梢
,
看着来而复去的蜻蜒
。
We stared silently at the tips of our rods, at the dragonflies that came and wells.
2
在里面有许多有趣的昆虫
:
有蚂蚁
、
蝴蝶
、
蜻
、
萤火虫
、
蚱蜢和其他有趣的昆虫
。
There are a lot of interesting insects. They are ants, butterflies, dragonflies , fireflies, grasshopper and other interesting insects.
3
我看着儿子
,
他在不出声地看着他那只蜻蜒
,
握着他那根鱼竿的是我的手
,
是我的眼睛在看着
。
I looked at the boy, who was silently watching his fly, and it was my hands that held his rod, my eyes watching.
4
在湖水被蒸发前
,
水中经常出现很快变成蜻蛙或蟾蜍的成百上千只新孵化出的小蝌蚪
。
These pools often contain hundreds of newly-hatched tadpoles which will become frogs or toads quickly, before the water all evaporates.
5
到秦汉时期
,
蜻蜒眼式玻璃珠随着楚文化的整体消失而走向衰落
,
并于西汉初年消失
。
But in the Qin and Han Dynasty, the glass eye beads declined with Chu culture disappearing as a whole culture. Finally the glass eye was gone at the beginning of Han Dynasty .