海萤

海螢
hǎiyíng
noun

Measure Word

Meanings

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

Examples

Yèwǎn hǎilàng lǐ shǎnshuò de lán guāng láizì hǎiyíng.
The blue glimmer in the night waves comes from sea fireflies.
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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