鞘翅
qiào chì
Pinyin

Definition

鞘翅
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qiào chì
  1. elytrum (hardened forewing of Coleoptera beetle, encasing the flight wing)

Character Decomposition

Related Words (15)

翅膀
chì bǎng
  1. 1 wing
  2. 2 classifier: 个 gè
  3. 3 classifier: 对 duì
出鞘
chū qiào
  1. 1 (of a sword etc) to unsheath
展翅
zhǎn chì
  1. 1 to spread wings
腱鞘
jiàn qiào
  1. 1 tendon sheath (anatomy)
  2. 2 epitendon
腱鞘炎
jiàn qiào yán
  1. 1 tenosynovitis (medicine)

Idioms (2)

展翅高飞
zhǎn chì gāo fēi
  1. 1 to spread one's wings and soar (idiom)
  2. 2 to develop one's abilities freely
插翅难飞
chā chì nán fēi
  1. 1 lit. even given wings, you couldn't fly (idiom); fig. impossible to escape