蟑螂
zhāng láng
Pinyin
Definition
蟑螂
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- cockroach
Character Decomposition
Idioms (2)
螳螂捕蝉
- 1 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
螳螂捕蝉,黄雀在后
- 1 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
Sample Sentences
我看到蟑螂就跑走了。
I run away when I see cockroaches.
一只蟑螂
A cockcroach
床下有蟑螂。
There’s a cockroach underneath the bed.
蟑螂死了,你还站在桌子上干嘛?
The cockroach is dead, what are you still doing stood there on the table?
服务员!你来看,这什么?怎么会有蟑螂?
Waiter! Look here, what's this? Why is there a cockroach in the soup?
啊啊!是蟑螂!汤里有蟑螂!好恶心!
Ah! It's a cockroach! There's a cockroach in the soup! That's so gross!
今天一定要把家里的蚊子苍蝇,老鼠蟑螂都杀死。
Today we'll definitely kill all the mosquitoes, flies, mice and cockroaches in the house.
有用吗?家里蟑螂那么多。
Does it work? There's so many cockroaches in the house.
那是灭蟑螂用的。
That's for exterminating cockroaches.