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Meaning of 蜻

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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:
Pictophonetic: indicates the sound; (insect) conveys the meaning.
Character Formation:
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    • [ chóng ] insect, worm; mollusk
    • [ qīng ] nature's color; blue, green, black; young
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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
竿
I looked at the boy, who was silently watching his fly, and it was my hands that held his rod, my eyes watching.
2
There had been no years between the ducking of this dragonfly and the other one--the one that was part of memory.
3
18
Mr Willet said the species - one of 18 dragonfly and damselfly found in the Highlands - favoured warm temperatures.
4
It was the arrival of this fly that convinced me beyond any doubt that everything was as it always had been, that the years were a mirage and there had been no years.
5
竿
竿
I lowered the tip of mine into the water, tentatively, pensively dislodging the fly, which darted two feet away, poised, darted two feet back, and came to rest again a little farther up the rod.