蚂蚱

螞蚱
màzha
noun #20,410

Measure Word

Meanings

  1. 1 locust
  2. 2 grasshopper

Examples

HSK 5
Wǒmen shì yī gēn shéng shàng de màzha, shuí yě pǎo bù liǎo.
We are all tied to the same rope - none of us can escape.
HSK 7-9
Tiánlǐ de màzha bǎ zhuāngjia chī le gè jīngguāng.
The locusts in the field devoured every last bit of the crops.

Tips

culture
The idiom 一 根 绳 上 的 蚂蚱 ('grasshoppers on the same rope') describes people whose fates are bound together for better or worse - like partners in crime or colleagues facing the same predicament.

Stroke Order

蚂 mǎ
蚱 zhà