黑胸大蠊

hēixiōngdàlián
noun

Measure Word

Meanings

  1. 1 smokybrown cockroach (Periplaneta fuliginosa)
  2. 2 large black-thoraxed cockroach common in southern China

Examples

Hēixiōng dàlián shì Huánán dìqū zuì chángjiàn de jiāqī zhāngláng.
The smokybrown cockroach is the most common house-dwelling cockroach in southern China.
Chéngnián hēixiōng dàlián tǐcháng kě chāoguò sān límǐ.
Adult smokybrown cockroaches can exceed three centimeters in length.

Tips

memory
Parse as (black) + (thorax/chest) + (large cockroach) — 'black-thoraxed large roach'. A precisely descriptive name for a species whose pronotum (the plate behind the head) is distinctly glossy black.

Stroke Order

hēi
xiōng
lián