Printable Writing Practice Worksheet of "蝉" in Portrait Orientation (Tian Zi Ge)
Printable Writing Practice Worksheet of "蝉" in Landscape Orientation (Tian Zi Ge)
to keep quiet out of fear (idiom)
cicada's wing / fig. diaphanous / delicate texture
to continue in a post / (to hold a post) several times in succession / (to win a title) in successive years / to stay at number one / to defend a championship
cicada slough / fig. to free oneself / to extricate oneself from
Diaochan (-192), one of the four legendary beauties 四大美女[si4 da4 mei3 nu:3], in fiction a famous beauty at the break-up of Han dynasty, given as concubine to usurping warlord Dong Zhuo 董卓[Dong3 Zhuo2] to ensure his overthrow by fighting hero Lü Bu 呂布|吕布[Lu:3 Bu4]
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