螽斯
Chinese
(grasshopper); Gompsocleis mikado | phonetic; this | ||
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simp. and trad. (螽斯) |
螽 | 斯 |
Pronunciation
Noun
螽斯
- katydid; bush-cricket (Tettigoniidae)
- 螽斯羽、詵詵兮。宜爾子孫、振振兮。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, trad.]
- From: The Classic of Poetry, c. 11th – 7th centuries BCE, translated based on James Legge's version
- Zhōngsī yǔ, shēnshēn xī. Yí ěr zǐsūn, zhènzhèn xī. [Pinyin]
- Ye winged bush-crickets, how harmoniously ye collect together! Right is it that your descendants should be multitudinous!
螽斯羽、诜诜兮。宜尔子孙、振振兮。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, simp.]
Synonyms
Derived terms
- 螽斯之徵/螽斯之征
- 螽斯之德
- 螽斯之慶/螽斯之庆
- 螽斯振羽
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