海萤

海螢
hǎiyíng
noun

Measure Word

Meanings

  1. 1 sea firefly (Cypridina)
  2. 2 bioluminescent marine ostracod

Examples

HSK 7-9
Yèwǎn hǎilàng lǐ shǎnshuò de lán guāng láizì hǎiyíng.
The blue glimmer in the night waves comes from sea fireflies.
HSK 7-9
Rìběnrén céng bǎ gān hǎiyíng zuòwéi zhànshí de biànxié guāngyuán.
Japanese forces once used dried sea fireflies as a portable wartime light source.

Tips

history
During WWII the Japanese military collected and dried 海萤 (umihotaru) because crushing and wetting them produces just enough blue light to read a map by - no matches required.

Stroke Order

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