蟋蟀 (xī shuài) — cricket (the insect)

Definition

Examples

• 秋天到了，田野里的蟋蟀叫个不停。
  Qiū tiān dào le, tián yě lǐ de xī shuài jiào ge bù tíng.
  Autumn has arrived, and the crickets in the fields chirp without stopping.
• 他小时候喜欢捉蟋蟀来玩。
  Tā xiǎo shí hou xǐ huan zhuō xī shuài lái wán.
  When he was a child, he liked to catch crickets to play with.
• 中国古典文学中常提到蟋蟀的叫声。
  Zhōng guó gǔ diǎn wén xué zhōng cháng tí dào xī shuài de jiào shēng.
  In classical Chinese literature, the chirping of crickets is often mentioned.

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