蝉 (chán) — cicada

Definition

Examples

• 夏天的时候，我常常听到蝉的叫声。
  Xià tiān de shí hou, wǒ cháng cháng tīng dào chán de jiào shēng.
  In summer, I often hear the sound of cicadas.
• 蝉在树上生活，到秋天就会死去。
  chán Zài shù shàng shēng huó, dào qiū tiān jiù huì sǐ qù.
  Cicadas live in trees and die when autumn comes.
• 孩子们在树下找到了一只蝉。
  Hái zi men zài shù xià zhǎo dào le yì zhī chán.
  The children found a cicada under the tree.

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