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Meaning of 蟾

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Pinyin: chán
English Definition: moon; (striped) toad
Chinese Definition:
①(蟾蜍)两栖动物,皮上有许多疙瘩,内有毒腺,形状像蛙。吃昆虫、蜗牛等,对农业有益。俗称“癞蛤蟆”、“疥蛤蟆”;古代称“蟾诸”。简称“蟾”,如“蟾酥”(色白,可入药)。“蟾宫”(月亮)。“蟾桂”。“蟾轮”(圆月)。“蟾辉”、“蟾光”、“蟾魄”(均指月光)。“蟾宫折桂”(旧喻科举考试登科)。
Total strokes: 19; Radical:
Pictophonetic: indicates the sound; (insect) conveys the meaning.
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Example Words
蟾蜍 chán chú toad
蟾宫折桂 chán gōng zhé guì lit. plucking a branch of osmanthus from the Toad Palace (i.e. the moon); fig. to succeed in the imperial examination
银蟾冉上 yín chán rǎn shàng The moon is coming up. (idiom)
爪蟾 zhuǎ chán Xenopus (type of frog)
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Example Sentences
1
His experiment involved a species of toad called the Midwife Toad.
2
Dead male common midwife toads lie on the ground in France's Pyrenees National Park.
3
Then they landed fore-limbs first. But researchers compared frogs of the family Leiopelmatidae, which still sports an ancient physiology, to two more modern frog species.
4
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Changbai banquets are served with rare dishes made from exotic ingredients. All the ingredients come from Changbai Mountain and include ginseng, deer antler, bear's paw and snow toad.
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The leopard toadfish (Opsanus pardus) has a large, flat head and a large mouth with fleshy projections around it.