Cantonese · Jyutping
Mandarin · Pinyin
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English
- mole cricket
- see 螻蛄|蝼蛄[lou2 gu1]
- used in 蝲蛄[la4 gu3]
- used in 蝲蝲蛄[la4 la4 gu3]
Variants
Words containing 蛄
- 蝦蛄haa1 gu1
mantis shrimp
- 蟪蛄wai6 gu1
Platypleura kaempferi, a kind of cicada
- 螻蛄lau4 gu1
mole cricket
- 螻蛄科lau4 gu1 fo1
Gryllolaptaptidae family of burrowing insects of order Orthoptera
- 拉拉蛄laai1 laai1 gu1
variant of 蝲蝲蛄[la4 la4 gu3]
- 蝲蛄laat6 gu1
crayfish
- 蝲蝲蛄laat6 laat6 gu1
mole cricket
- 蟪蛄不知春秋wai6 gu1 bat1 zi1 ceon1 cau1
"the short-lived cicada knows nothing of spring or autumn" (from the Zhuangzi 莊子|庄子[Zhuang1 zi3]); (fig.) to have a limited perspective