How to write 蛉, stroke by stroke
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What 蛉 means
sandfly
Words with 蛉
- 白蛉热bái líng rèsandfly fever
- 草蜻蛉cǎo qīng línggreen lacewing
- 蜻蛉qīng língdamselfly; lacewing
- 蜻蛉目qīng líng mùOdonata, order consisting of about 6,000 species of dragonflies and damselflies
- 螟蛉míng línggreen rice caterpillar or similar insect larva; adopted son (Etymology: Wasps of a particular species take caterpillars to their nest as food for their offspring, but it was mistakenly believed that the wasps were raising the caterpillars as their own young.)
- 螟蛉子míng líng zǐadopted son
- 剑走蜻蛉jiàn zǒu qīng língthe sword moves like a dragon-fly (modern idiom); fig. unexpected winning move; unconventional gambit