蟑螂 (zhāng láng) — cockroach

Definition

Examples

• 厨房里有一只蟑螂，我吓了一跳。
  Chú fáng lǐ yǒu yì zhī zhāng láng, wǒ xià le yí tiào.
  There's a cockroach in the kitchen; I got a fright.
• 我最怕蟑螂了，看到就躲得远远的。
  Wǒ zuì pà zhāng láng le, kàn dào jiù duǒ dé yuǎn yuǎn de.
  I'm most afraid of cockroaches; I hide far away as soon as I see one.
• 他用拖鞋打死了那只蟑螂。
  Tā yòng tuō xié dǎ sǐ le nà zhī zhāng láng.
  He killed that cockroach with a slipper.

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