cicada
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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
(coll.) newly-emerged cicada nymph
Cicadidae, homopterous insect family including cicada
cicada's wing
cicada slough / fig. to free oneself / to extricate oneself from
slipper lobster (family Scyllaridae)
cicada slough (used in TCM)
song of cicadas / chirping of insects
to keep quiet out of fear (idiom)
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
the chilling effect of a climate of fear in which people are afraid to speak their mind
see 螳螂捕蟬，黃雀在後|螳螂捕蝉，黄雀在后[]
(lit.) the mantis stalks the cicada, unaware of the siskin behind (idiom, from Daoist classic Zhuangzi 莊子|庄子[]) / (fig.) to pursue a narrow gain while neglecting a greater danger
lit. the cicada sheds its carapace (idiom) / fig. to vanish leaving an empty shell / a crafty escape plan
Diaochan (-192), one of the four legendary beauties 四大美女[], in fiction a famous beauty at the break-up of Han dynasty, given as concubine to usurping warlord Dong Zhuo 董卓[] to ensure his overthrow by fighting hero Lü Bu 呂布|吕布[]
Golden Cicada
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