蝲蝲蛄

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Chinese

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phonetic
simp. and trad.
(蝲蝲蛄)
alternative forms 拉拉蛄
喇喇蛄
拉拉姑

Etymology

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From Manchu ᠯᠠᡤᡠ (lagu, mole cricket) (Liu et al., 1984).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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蝲蝲蛄

  1. (colloquial) mole cricket
    蝲蝲蛄莊稼 [MSC, trad.]
    蝲蝲蛄庄稼 [MSC, simp.]
    Tīng làlagǔ jiào, hái bù zhòng zhuāngjia le? [Pinyin]
    Hearing that there are mole crickets (crop-attacking insects) chirping [in the field], should you give up tilling the land altogether?

Synonyms

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