蚂蚱

螞蚱
màzha
noun #20,410

Measure Word

Meanings

  1. 1 locust
  2. 2 grasshopper (dialect)

Examples

Tián lǐ de màzha bǎ zhuāngjia chīle gè jīngguāng.
The locusts in the field devoured every last bit of the crops.
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.

Tips

culture
The idiom 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

zhà