苍蝇 (蒼蠅)
cāng ying
Pinyin

Definition

苍蝇 (蒼蠅)
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cāng ying
  1. housefly
  2. CL:隻|只[zhī]

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

cāng tiān
  1. 1 firmament
Cāng wú
  1. 1 Cangwu county in Wuzhou 梧州[Wú zhōu], Guangxi
cāng bái
  1. 1 pale
  2. 2 wan
cāng lǎo
  1. 1 old
  2. 2 aged
  3. 3 (of calligraphy or painting) vigorous
  4. 4 forceful
cāng máng
  1. 1 boundless
  2. 2 vast
  3. 3 hazy (distant horizon)

Idioms (7)

如蝇逐臭
rú yíng zhú chòu
  1. 1 like flies pursuing a stink (idiom); the mob chases the rich and powerful
  2. 2 the crowd runs after trash
暮色苍茫
mù sè cāng máng
  1. 1 the hazy dusk of twilight (idiom)
白衣苍狗
bái yī cāng gǒu
  1. 1 lit. (cloud shapes) changing from a white shirt to a gray dog (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. the unpredictable changeability of the world
白云苍狗
bái yún cāng gǒu
  1. 1 lit. a white cloud transforms into what looks like a gray dog (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. the unpredictable changeability of the world
皓首苍颜
hào shǒu cāng yán
  1. 1 white hair and gray sunken cheeks (idiom); decrepit old age

Sample Sentences

同时人生又是幽谷,有蔷薇才能烛隐显幽,体贴入微;有蔷薇才能看到苍蝇控脚,蜘蛛吐丝,才能听到暮色潜动,春草萌芽,才能做到“一沙一世界,一花一天国”。
tóngshí rénshēng yòu shì yōugǔ ,yǒu qiángwēi cáinéng zhúyǐnxiǎnyōu ,tǐtiērùwēi ;yǒu qiángwēi cáinéng kàndào cāngying kòngjiǎo ,zhīzhū tǔ sī ,cáinéng tīngdào mùsè qiándòng ,chūncǎo méngyá ,cáinéng zuò dào “yī shā yī shìjiè ,yī huā yī tiānguó ”。
At the same time, life is like a deep valley, only a rose can serve as a flickering candle in the darkness, in all its attentiveness; only with a rose can you see the fly's legs and the spider spitting silk, Only then can you here the movement of the twilight, and the sprouting of the spring grass, only then is it possible "To see a World in a Grain of Sand. And a Heaven in a Wild Flower."
没想到你认真了,不过听说一年级有个学弟已经每天像苍蝇一样黏在他身边了。
méi xiǎng dào nǐ rènzhēn le ,búguò tīngshuō yìniánjí yǒu ge xuédì yǐjīng měitiān xiàng cāngying yíyàng nián zài tā shēnbiān le 。
I didn't think you were so serious about it, but I heard that there's a guy in first year who is already buzzing around her like a fly everyday.
不一会儿,果酱的香味吸引了大批的苍蝇飞了过来。小裁缝最讨厌嗡嗡嗡的苍蝇了,他拿起尺子,啪啪啪地将苍蝇全打死了。不数不知道一数吓一跳,天啊,他打死了七只。他很得意,觉得自己真是太勇敢了,应该让全世界的人都知道。
bùyīhuìr ,guǒjiàng de xiāngwèi xīyǐn le dàpī de cāngying fēi le guòlai 。xiǎo cáifeng zuì tǎoyàn wēngwēngwēng de cāngying le ,tā náqǐ chǐzǐ ,pā pā pā de jiāng cāngying quán dǎsǐ le 。bù shǔ bù zhīdào yī shǔ xiàyītiào ,tiān a ,tā dǎsǐ le qī zhī 。tā hěn déyì ,juéde zìjǐ zhēn shì tài yǒnggǎn le ,yīnggāi ràng quánshìjiè de rén dōu zhīdào 。
In no time, scent of the jam causes a group of flies to fly over. The little tailor is greatly disturbed by the buzzing of the flies. He picks up his ruler and - wham! - he kills the flies. How many he does not know, but counting them - whoa! - he's killed seven of them! He's very proud, thinking himself to be very brave and that the whole world should know.
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今天一定要把家里的蚊子苍蝇,老鼠蟑螂都杀死。
jīntiān yīdìng yào bǎ jiālǐ de wénzi cāngying ,lǎoshǔ zhāngláng dōu shā sǐ 。
Today we'll definitely kill all the mosquitoes, flies, mice and cockroaches in the house.
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