翅膀 chì bǎng wing / CL:個|个[ge4],對|对[dui4] syn 右翼 yòu yì the right flank / (politically) right-wing syn 左翼 zuǒ yì left-wing (political) syn 机翼 機翼 jī yì wing (of an aircraft) syn 膀子 bǎng zi upper arm / arm / wing syn 联队 聯隊 lián duì wing (of an air force) / sports team representing a combination of entities (e.g. United Korea) 羽翼 yǔ yì wing / (fig.) assistant syn 挡泥板 擋泥板 dǎng ní bǎn (car, bicycle etc) fender / mudguard / (UK) wing 左派 zuǒ pài (political) left / left wing / leftist syn 边锋 邊鋒 biān fēng wing / wing forward 知了 zhī liǎo cicada (onom.) syn 厢房 廂房 xiāng fáng wing (of a traditional house) / side room syn 青年团 青年團 qīng nián tuán youth corps / youth wing of a political party 金蝉脱壳 金蟬脫殼 jīn chán tuō qiào lit. the cicada sheds its carapace (idiom) / fig. to vanish leaving an empty shell / a crafty escape plan syn 鼻翼 bí yì the wing of the nose / ala nasi 右倾 右傾 yòu qīng right-wing / reactionary / conservative / (PRC) rightist deviation 右派 yòu pài (political) right / right wing / rightist syn 寒蝉 寒蟬 hán chán a cicada in cold weather (used as a metaphor for sb who keeps their thoughts to themself) / Meimuna opalifera, a kind of cicada found in East Asia syn 挂靠 掛靠 guà kào to be affiliated with / to operate under the wing of / affiliation syn 边路 邊路 biān lù sidewalk / side road / shoulder (of a road) / wing (soccer) 脱壳 脫殼 tuō qiào to molt / to exuviate / fig. to fly off like an exuviate cicada 汪精卫 汪精衛 wāng jīng wèi Wang Ching-wei (1883-1944), left-wing Guomingdang politician, subsequently Japanese collaborator 比翼双飞 比翼雙飛 bǐ yì shuāng fēi lit. a pair of birds flying close together (idiom) / fig. two hearts beating as one / name of a sweet and sour chicken wing dish syn 比翼 bǐ yì (flying) wing to wing 金蝉 金蟬 jīn chán Golden Cicada 旋翼 xuán yì rotor wing 咏春 詠春 yǒng chūn Wing Chun / same as 詠春拳|咏春拳[yong3 chun1 quan2] / Yongchun - "Singing Spring Fist" (Chinese martial art) 蝉蜕 蟬蛻 chán tuì cicada slough / fig. to free oneself / to extricate oneself from syn 翼 yì wing / area surrounding the bullseye of a target / to assist / one of the 28 constellations of Chinese astronomy / old variant of 翌 syn 翅 chì (bound form) wing (of a bird or insect) syn 抿 mǐn to smooth hair with a wet brush / (of a mouth, wing etc) to close lightly / to sip syn 蝉 蟬 chán cicada syn 比翼齐飞 比翼齊飛 bǐ yì qí fēi to fly wing to wing (idiom) / two hearts beating as one / (of a couple) inseparable 鞘翅 qiào chì elytrum (hardened forewing of Coleoptera beetle, encasing the flight wing) syn 犄 jī ox-horns / wing of an army 蝈 蟈 guō small green cicada or frog (meaning unclear, possibly onom.) / see 蟈蟈|蝈蝈 long-horned grasshopper 蟪 huì (cicada) / Platypleura kaempferi 螓 qín small cicada with a square head 鹣 鶼 jiān mythical bird with one eye and one wing / see also 鰈鶼|鲽鹣[die2 jian1] 蜩 tiáo cicada syn 襟翼 jīn yì (aircraft) wing flap 冒险主义 冒險主義 mào xiǎn zhǔ yì adventurism (a left-wing error against Mao's line during the 1930s) syn 后缘 後緣 hòu yuán trailing edge (of airplane wing) 螗 táng variety of small cicada with a green back and a clear song (in ancient books) syn 蜺 ní Japanese cicada / rainbow 螀 螿 jiāng cicada (Cosmopsaltria opalifera) 詨 jiāo kind of cicada, cosmopsaltria 螳螂捕蝉 螳螂捕蟬 táng láng bǔ chán the mantis stalks the cicada, unaware of the oriole behind (idiom, from Daoist classic Zhuangzi 莊子|庄子[Zhuang1 zi3]) / to pursue a narrow gain while neglecting a greater danger 在天愿做比翼鸟,在地愿做连理枝 在天願做比翼鳥,在地願做連理枝 zài tiān yuàn zuò bǐ yì niǎo , zài dì yuàn zuò lián lǐ zhī In the sky to be two birds flying wing to wing, on earth to be two trees with branches intertwined / wishing for conjugal bliss 苏丹解放军和平派 蘇丹解放軍和平派 Sudan Liberation Army-Peace Wing / SLA-Peace Wing 空军联队 空軍聯隊 air wing / wing 螳蜋捕蝉 螳螂捕蟬 táng láng bǔ chán the mantis stalks the cicada, unaware of the oriole behind (idiom, from Daoist classic Zhuangzi 莊子|庄子) / to pursue a narrow gain while neglecting a greater danger 螳蜋捕蝉,黄雀在后 螳螂捕蟬,黃雀在後 táng láng bǔ chán , huáng què zài hòu The mantis stalks the cicada, unaware of the oriole behind (idiom, from Daoist classic Zhuangzi 莊子|庄子) / to pursue a narrow gain while neglecting a greater danger 蝈蝈笼 蟈蟈籠 guō guō lóng cage for singing cicada 蟪蛄 huì gū Platypleura kaempferi, a kind of cicada 蟪蛄不知春秋 huì gū bù zhī chūn qiū lit. short-lived cicada does not know the seasons / fig. to see only a small piece of the big picture 蝉科 蟬科 chán kē Cicadidae, homopterous insect family including cicada 蝉衣 蟬衣 chán yī cicada slough (used in TCM) 蟭蟟 jiāo liáo cicada (old) 蠽 jié small green cicada 静若寒蝉 靜若寒蟬 jìng ruò hán chán as quiet as a cicada in winter (idiom) 螳螂捕蝉,黄雀在后 螳螂捕蟬,黃雀在後 táng láng bǔ chán , huáng què zài hòu the mantis stalks the cicada, unaware of the oriole behind (idiom, from Daoist classic Zhuangzi 莊子|庄子[Zhuang1 zi3]) / to pursue a narrow gain while neglecting a greater danger 蝒 mián large, black cicada / locust 候虫 候蟲 hòu chóng seasonal insect (e.g. cicada) 中山成彬 zhōng shān chéng bīn NAKAYAMA Nariaki (1943-), right-wing Japanese politician and prominent denier of Japanese war crimes 前掠翼 qián lüè yì swept-forward wing (on jet fighter) 前翅 qián chì front wing (of insect) 勒庞 勒龐 lè páng Jean-Marie Le Pen (1928-), French Front National extreme right-wing politician 周立波 zhōu lì bō Zhou Libo (1908-1979), left-wing journalist, translator and novelist / Zhou Libo (1967-), Chinese stand-up comedian 后翅 後翅 hòu chì back wing (of insect) 白宫群英 白宮群英 bái gōng qún yīng The West Wing (US TV series) 翅子 chì zi shark's fin / wing / CL:隻|只[zhi1] syn 贝卢斯科尼 貝盧斯科尼 bèi lú sī kē ní Silvio Berlusconi (1936-), Italian media magnate and right-wing politician, prime minister of Italy 1994-1995, 2001-2006, 2008-2011 鳞翅 鱗翅 lín chì scaly wing / Lepidoptera (insect order including butterflies 蝶類|蝶类 and moths 蛾類|蛾类) 展弦比 zhǎn xián bǐ (wing) aspect ratio (aerodynamics) 固定翼飞机 固定翼飛機 gù dìng yì fēi jī fixed-wing aircraft 右翼极端主义 右翼極端主義 yòu yì jí duān zhǔ yì right-wing extremism 变后掠翼飞机 biàn hòu lüè yì fēi jī variable-geometry wing aircraft 旋转翼飞机 rotary-wing aircraft 战术军事空运联队 戰術軍事空運聯隊 tactical military airlift wing 战略重负载直升机 戰略重負載直升機 strategic heavy lift rotary wing 正义与平等运动和平派 正義與平等運動和平派 JEM-Wing for Peace 航空母舰飞行联队 航空母艦飛行聯隊 carrier air wing 中国左翼作家联盟 中國左翼作家聯盟 zhōng guó zuǒ yì zuò jiā lián méng the League of the Left-Wing Writers, an organization of writers formed in China in 1930 左联 左聯 zuǒ lián the League of the Left-Wing Writers, an organization of writers formed in China in 1930 / abbr. for 中國左翼作家聯盟|中国左翼作家联盟[Zhong1 guo2 Zuo3 yi4 Zuo4 jia1 Lian2 meng2] 翼瓣 yì bàn (botany) alae / wing petals (of a papilionaceous flower) 护翼 護翼 hù yì to provide protection / to take under one's wing / wings of a sanitary pad