qiào chì

鞘翅 (qiào chì) is a Chinese word meaning “elytrum (hardened forewing of Coleoptera beetle, encasing the flight wing)”.

Meanings

  1. 1elytrum (hardened forewing of Coleoptera beetle, encasing the flight wing)

Characters in 鞘翅

鞘qiào · scabbard; sheath翅chì · (bound form) wing (of a bird or insect)

Related words

翅膀wing鸡翅chicken wing翅(bound form) wing (of a bird or insect)翅variant of 翅[chi4]鞘scabbard; sheath展翅to spread wings鱼翅shark fin刀鞘scabbard插翅难飞lit. even given wings, you couldn't fly (idiom); fig. impossible to escape金翅雀(bird species of China) grey-capped greenfinch (Chloris sinica)海鞘Ascidiacea直翅目Orthoptera (insect order including grasshoppers, crickets and locusts)

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