蜣螂 (qiāngláng) · dung beetle

Measure Word

一只蜣螂 zhī

Meanings

1 dung beetle

Characters

Examples

HSK 7-9

小时候我常蹲在路边看蜣螂推粪球。

Xiǎoshíhou wǒ cháng dūn zài lùbiān kàn qiāngláng tuī fènqiú.

As a child I often squatted by the road watching dung beetles push balls of dung.

HSK 7-9

蜣螂能把粪便埋到地下，让土壤更肥沃。

Qiāngláng néng bǎ fènbiàn máidào dìxià, ràng tǔrǎng gèng féiwò.

Dung beetles bury dung underground, which makes the soil more fertile.

Tips

register

蜣螂 is the proper name. In everyday speech people say 屎壳郎, literally 'dung-shell fellow'.

culture

The sacred scarab of ancient Egypt is a 蜣螂: the Egyptians saw the ball it rolls as the sun pushed across the sky.

Stroke Order

蜣 qiāng

螂 láng

Related Words

蜣 qiāng

used in 蜣螂, the dung beetle

螂 láng

(in insect names) -id (mantis, cockroach, dung beetle)

蟑螂 zhāngláng #6,913

cockroach

螳螂捕蝉 tángláng-bǔchán

the mantis stalks the cicada / focusing on a nearby gain while blind to a greater danger behind

螳螂捕蝉，黄雀在后 tánglángbǔchán,huángquèzàihòu

the mantis stalks the cicada, unaware of the oriole behind / to pursue a narrow gain while neglecting a greater danger lurking behind

螳螂 tángláng #16,941

mantis / praying mantis

蛴 qí

(in 蛴螬) the grub of a scarab beetle / (in 蝤蛴) the larva of a longhorn beetle

椰心叶甲 yēxīnyèjiǎ

coconut leaf beetle (Brontispa longissima) / coconut hispine beetle

硬壳虫 yìngkéchóng

hard-shelled beetle / beetle; Coleoptera

猿叶虫 yuányèchóng

leaf beetle of the genus Phaedon / a small shiny leaf beetle pest of crucifer vegetables