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Diaochan (-192), one of the four legendary beauties 四大美女, in fiction a famous beauty at the break-up of Han dynasty, given as concubine to usurping warlord Dong Zhuo 董卓 to ensure his overthrow by fighting hero Lü Bu 呂布|吕布
Golden Cicada
lit. the cicada sheds its carapace (idiom); fig. to vanish leaving an empty shell / a crafty escape plan
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cicada
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
song of cicadas / chirping of insects
cicada's wing / fig. diaphanous / delicate texture
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
cicada slough / fig. to free oneself / to extricate oneself from
to keep quiet out of fear (idiom)
the four legendary beauties of ancient China, namely: Xishi 西施, Wang Zhaojun 王昭君, Diaochan 貂蟬|貂蝉 and Yang Yuhuan 楊玉環|杨玉环
the chilling effect of a climate of fear in which people are afraid to speak their mind
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
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
Cicadidae, homopterous insect family including cicada
cicada slough (used in TCM)


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