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"eggs of mantis" Chinese-English Dictionary

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Chinese Pinyin Translation
蟭 jiāo eggs of mantis
Chinese Pinyin Translation
螳螂 táng láng mantis / praying mantis syn
螳蜋 螳螂 táng láng mantis / praying mantis
螵蛸 piāo xiāo ootheca, i.e. eggs in their capsule, of a praying mantis (used in TCM) / cuttlebone (abbr. for 海螵蛸 [hai3 piao1 xiao1])
杀鸡取卵 殺雞取卵 shā jī qǔ luǎn lit. to kill the chicken to get the eggs (idiom) / fig. to kill the goose that lays the golden eggs syn
皮皮虾 皮皮蝦 pí pí xiā mantis shrimp
螳 táng praying mantis syn
螳臂当车 螳臂當車 táng bì dāng chē lit. a mantis trying to stop a chariot (idiom) / fig. to overrate oneself and attempt sth impossible / also written 螳臂擋車|螳臂挡车[tang2 bi4 dang3 che1] syn
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
蟷 dāng mantis
北派螳蜋拳 北派螳螂拳 běi pài táng láng quán Beipai Tanglang Quan - "Northern Praying Mantis" (Chinese Martial Art)
南派螳蜋 南派螳螂 nán pài táng láng Chow Gar - "Southern Praying Mantis" - Martial Art
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
虾蛄 蝦蛄 xiā gū mantis shrimp
北派螳螂拳 běi pài táng láng quán Beipai Tanglang Quan - "Northern Praying Mantis" (Chinese Martial Art)
南派螳螂 nán pài táng láng Chow Gar - "Southern Praying Mantis" - Martial Art
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
刀螂 dāo lang (dialect) mantis syn
口足目 kǒu zú mù Stomatopoda, order of marine crustaceans (whose members are called mantis shrimps)
爬虾 爬蝦 pá xiā mantis shrimp
虾爬子 蝦爬子 xiā pá zi mantis shrimp
产卵 產卵 chǎn luǎn to lay eggs syn
孵化器 fū huà qì incubator (for eggs or startup businesses)
下蛋 xià dàn to lay eggs syn
禽蛋 qín dàn bird eggs
炒蛋 chǎo dàn scrambled eggs
虾子 蝦子 xiā zǐ shrimp roe / shrimp eggs syn
炒鸡蛋 炒雞蛋 chǎo jī dàn scrambled eggs
鱼子 魚子 yú zǐ fish eggs / roe / caviar
关东煮 關東煮 guān dōng zhǔ oden, Japanese dish made with boiled eggs, processed fish cakes, daikon radish, tofu etc in a kelp-based broth
蚕种 蠶種 cán zhǒng silkworm eggs
鸡飞蛋打 雞飛蛋打 jī fēi dàn dǎ the chicken has flown the coop and the eggs are broken / a dead loss (idiom) syn
危如累卵 wēi rú lěi luǎn precarious as pile of eggs (idiom) / ready to fall and break at any moment / in a dangerous state syn
枚 méi classifier for small objects: coins, badges, rings, carved seals, chess pieces, eggs, fingerprints etc (more formal than 個|个[ge4]) / classifier for bombs, missiles, satellites etc / (on product packaging) classifier for flat items (from Japanese 枚 "mai") / (old) stick used as a gag to prevent soldiers from talking while sneaking up on the enemy syn
事危累卵 shì wēi lěi luǎn lit. the matter has become a pile of eggs (idiom) / fig. at a critical juncture
竭泽而渔 竭澤而漁 jié zé ér yú lit. to drain the pond to get at the fish (idiom) / fig. to kill the goose that lays the golden eggs syn
冰蛋 bīng dàn frozen eggs
蚳 chí ant eggs
全熟 quán shú thoroughly cooked / (of steak) well done / (of eggs) hard-boiled
喜蛋 xǐ dàn red-painted eggs, traditional celebratory gift on third day after birth of new baby
摊鸡蛋 攤雞蛋 tān jī dàn scrambled eggs
木犀肉 mù xi ròu pork and scrambled eggs
滚彩蛋 滾彩蛋 gǔn cǎi dàn egg rolling (rolling of decorated, hard-boiled eggs down hillsides by children at Easter)
煮硬 zhǔ yìng to hard-boil (eggs)
蚕卵 蠶卵 cán luǎn silkworm eggs
蚕子 蠶子 cán zǐ silkworm eggs
蚕纸 蠶紙 cán zhǐ paper on which silkworm lays its eggs
钱树 錢樹 qián shù money tree / prostitute / hen that lays golden eggs
搅打 攪打 jiǎo dǎ to beat / to whisk / to whip (eggs, cream etc)
摊黄菜 攤黃菜 tān huáng cài (dialect) scrambled eggs
柴鸡 柴雞 chái jī a variety of free-range chicken, small with furless legs, laying smaller eggs
鸟不拉屎，鸡不生蛋 鳥不拉屎，雞不生蛋 niǎo bù lā shǐ , jī bù shēng dàn lit. (a place where) birds don't defecate and hens don't lay eggs (idiom) / fig. god-forsaken / remote and desolate
鸟不生蛋，狗不拉屎 鳥不生蛋，狗不拉屎 niǎo bù shēng dàn , gǒu bù lā shǐ lit. (a place where) birds don't lay eggs and dogs don't defecate (idiom) / fig. god-forsaken / remote and desolate
黑轮 黑輪 hēi lún oden, Japanese dish made with boiled eggs, processed fish cakes, daikon radish, tofu etc in a kelp-based broth
铁蛋 鐵蛋 tiě dàn iron egg, a Taiwanese snack made by stewing eggs in soy sauce and air-drying them each day for a week
半熟 bàn shú half-cooked / (of vegetables) parboiled / (of steak) medium / (of eggs) soft-boiled
嬎 fàn (dialect) (of birds) to lay eggs / (archaic) to reproduce / to bear offspring
嬎蛋 fàn dàn (dialect) (of birds) to lay eggs
捐卵 juān luǎn to donate eggs (from one's ovaries)
蛋炒饭 蛋炒飯 dàn chǎo fàn egg fried rice (made by stir-frying cold cooked rice with eggs and vegetables)
冻卵 凍卵 dòng luǎn to freeze a woman's eggs for later fertilization / to cryopreserve oocytes
The four tones The four tones of Mandarin Pitch over time: tone 1 high and level (red), tone 2 rising (orange), tone 3 falling then rising (green), tone 4 falling (blue). tone 1 tone 2 tone 3 tone 4 Time Pitch

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