yíng
huǒ
chóng

common

Meaning of 萤火虫

萤火虫 means firefly; glowworm; lightning bug. Pronounced yíng huǒ chóng.

  • firefly; glowworm; lightning bug

Definitions & Examples

Xià
 
yíng
huǒ
chóng
zài
cǎo
cóng
zhōng
shǎn
shǎn
de
fēi
 

On summer nights, fireflies fly flickering on and off among the grass.

Hái
zi
men
zhuō
lái
de
yíng
huǒ
chóng
fàng
jìn
tòu
míng
de
píng
 

The children put the fireflies they caught into transparent glass bottles.

Chē
Yìn
náng
yíng
de
shi
gào
su
men
yíng
huǒ
chóng
yòng
lái
zhào
míng
 

The story of Che Yin reading by the light of bagged fireflies tells us that fireflies can be used for illumination.

Relations

Measure Words

/ zhī
Primary
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