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		Trad	Simp	Mandarin	Definition	Days old	Ver
		蟬	蝉	[chan2]	/cicada/	7120	1
		蟬科	蝉科	[chan2 ke1]	/Cicadidae, homopterous insect family including cicada/	6586	1
		蟬聯	蝉联	[chan2 lian2]	/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/	6626	1
		蟬鳴	蝉鸣	[chan2 ming2]	/song of cicadas/chirping of insects/	6080	1
		蟬蛻	蝉蜕	[chan2 tui4]	/cicada slough/fig. to free oneself/to extricate oneself from/	6626	1
		蟬衣	蝉衣	[chan2 yi1]	/cicada slough (used in TCM)/	5017	1
		蟬猴	蝉猴	[[chan2hou2]]	/(coll.) newly-emerged cicada nymph/	485	2
		蟬蝦	蝉虾	[[chan2xia1]]	/slipper lobster (family Scyllaridae)/	308	2
		蟬翼	蝉翼	[[chan2yi4]]	/cicada's wing/	465	2
		貂蟬	貂蝉	[Diao1 Chan2]	/Diaochan (-192), one of the four legendary beauties 四大美女[si4 da4 mei3 nu:3], in fiction a famous beauty at the break-up of Han dynasty, given as concubine to usurping warlord Dong Zhuo 董卓[Dong3 Zhuo2] to ensure his overthrow by fighting hero Lü Bu 呂布\|吕布[Lu:3 Bu4]/	2913	1
		寒蟬效應	寒蝉效应	[han2 chan2 xiao4 ying4]	/the chilling effect of a climate of fear in which people are afraid to speak their mind/	1214	1
		寒蟬	寒蝉	[[han2chan2]]	/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/	889	2
		金蟬	金蝉	[Jin1 chan2]	/Golden Cicada/	6266	1
		金蟬脫殼	金蝉脱壳	[jin1 chan2 tuo1 qiao4]	/lit. the cicada sheds its carapace (idiom); fig. to vanish leaving an empty shell/a crafty escape plan/	6352	1
		噤若寒蟬	噤若寒蝉	[jin4 ruo4 han2 chan2]	/to keep quiet out of fear (idiom)/	6193	1
		四大美女	四大美女	[si4 da4 mei3 nü3]	/the four legendary beauties of ancient China, namely: Xishi 西施[Xi1 shi1], Wang Zhaojun 王昭君[Wang2 Zhao1 jun1], Diaochan 貂蟬\|貂蝉[Diao1 Chan2] and Yang Yuhuan 楊玉環\|杨玉环[Yang2 Yu4 huan2]/	2913	1
		螳螂捕蟬	螳螂捕蝉	[[tang2lang2-bu3chan2]]	/see 螳螂捕蟬，黃雀在後\|螳螂捕蝉，黄雀在后[tang2lang2-bu3chan2, huang2que4-zai4hou4]/	151	2
		螳螂捕蟬，黃雀在後	螳螂捕蝉，黄雀在后	[[tang2lang2-bu3chan2, huang2que4-zai4hou4]]	/(lit.) the mantis stalks the cicada, unaware of the siskin behind (idiom, from Daoist classic Zhuangzi 莊子\|庄子[Zhuang1zi3])/(fig.) to pursue a narrow gain while neglecting a greater danger/	69	2

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