萤火虫 (yíng huǒ chóng) — firefly; lightning bug; glowworm

Definition

Examples

• 夏天的晚上，我常常看到萤火虫飞来飞去。
  Xià tiān de wǎn shàng, wǒ cháng cháng kàn dào yíng huǒ chóng fēi lái fēi qù.
  On summer evenings, I often see fireflies flying about.
• 小朋友们都喜欢捉萤火虫玩。
  Xiǎo péng yǒu men dōu xǐ huan zhuō yíng huǒ chóng wán.
  Children all like to catch fireflies and play with them.
• 萤火虫的光很漂亮，像天上的星星。
  yíng huǒ chóng De guāng hěn piào liang, xiàng tiān shàng de xīng xing.
  The light of fireflies is very beautiful, like stars in the sky.