lǔ

芦

Character · NounTraditional蘆

cricket (oil cricket)

Tone colorsmāmámǎmàma

Meanings

1 sense · 2 examples

noun

literary

Only used in the fixed phrase 油葫芦 (yóu hú lu), referring to a species of dark brown cricket often kept as a pet in traditional Chinese culture.

Yóu油

hú葫

lu芦

shì是

yī一

zhǒng种

cháng常

jiàn见

de的

yè夜

xíng行

xìng性

kūn昆

chóng虫

。

The oil cricket is a common nocturnal insect.

Gǔ古

dài代

wén文

rén人

cháng常

jiāng将

yóu油

hú葫

lu芦

yǎng养

zài在

guàn罐

zhōng中

tīng听

qí其

míng鸣

jiào叫

。

Ancient scholars often kept oil crickets in jars to listen to their chirps.