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) |
1 | 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 | 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 | 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. |