蟑螂
zhāng láng
Pinyin

Definition

蟑螂
 - 
zhāng láng
  1. cockroach

Character Decomposition

Related Words (3)

zhāng láng
  1. 1 cockroach
táng láng
  1. 1 mantis
  2. 2 praying mantis
táng láng bǔ chán
  1. 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

Idioms (2)

螳螂捕蝉
táng láng bǔ chán
  1. 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
táng láng bǔ chán , huáng què zài hòu
  1. 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。
wǒ kàndào zhāngláng jiù pǎozǒu le 。
I run away when I see cockroaches.
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一只蟑螂
yī zhī zhāngláng
A cockcroach
床下有蟑螂。
chuáng xià yǒu zhāngláng 。
There’s a cockroach underneath the bed.
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蟑螂死了,你还站在桌子上干嘛?
zhāngláng sǐ le ,nǐ hái zhàn zài zhuōzi shàng gànmá ?
The cockroach is dead, what are you still doing stood there on the table?
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服务员!你来看,这什么?怎么会有蟑螂?
fúwùyuán !nǐ lái kàn ,zhè shénme ?zénme huì yǒu zhāngláng ?
Waiter! Look here, what's this? Why is there a cockroach in the soup?
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啊啊!是蟑螂!汤里有蟑螂!好恶心!
ā ā !shì zhāngláng !tāng lǐ yǒu zhāngláng !hǎo ěxīn !
Ah! It's a cockroach! There's a cockroach in the soup! That's so gross!
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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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有用吗?家里蟑螂那么多。
yǒuyòng ma ?jiā lǐ zhāngláng nàme duō 。
Does it work? There's so many cockroaches in the house.
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那是灭蟑螂用的。
nà shì miè zhāngláng yòng de 。
That's for exterminating cockroaches.
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