grass insect; flower-and-insect painting
Tone colorsmāmámǎmàma
Meanings
2 senses · 6 examplesnoun
grass-dwelling insect (e.g., cricket, grasshopper)
Refers specifically to insects inhabiting grassy areas, often audible at night.
Yè夜
wǎn晚
，
cǎo草
cóng丛
zhōng中
de的
cǎo草
chóng虫
kāi开
shǐ始
míng鸣
jiào叫
。
At night, the grass-dwelling insects in the bushes begin to chirp.
Xī蟋
shuài蟀
shì是
yī一
zhǒng种
cháng常
jiàn见
de的
cǎo草
chóng虫
。
Crickets are a common type of grass-dwelling insect.
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Hái孩
zi子
men们
xǐ喜
huan欢
zài在
tián田
yě野
lǐ里
zhuō捉
cǎo草
chóng虫
。
Children like to catch grass-dwelling insects in the fields.
noun
flower-and-insect painting (genre of Chinese painting)
A specialized sub-genre of Chinese bird-and-flower painting focusing on detailed depictions of insects among plants.
Qí齐
Bái白
shí石
shàn擅
cháng长
huà画
cǎo草
chóng虫
。
Qi Baishi excelled at painting flower-and-insect subjects.
Zhè这
fú幅
cǎo草
chóng虫
tú图
shàng上
de的
hú蝴
dié蝶
xǔ栩
xǔ栩
rú如
shēng生
。
The butterflies in this flower-and-insect painting look vivid and lifelike.
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Cǎo草
chóng虫
huà画
shì是
Zhōng中
guó国
huā花
niǎo鸟
huà画
de的
yī一
gè个
zhòng重
yào要
fēn分
zhī支
。
Flower-and-insect painting is an important branch of Chinese bird-and-flower painting.