song of cicadas

Diaochan (-192), one of the Four legendary beauties [[四大美女<sìdàměinǚ>]], in fiction a famous beauty at the break-up of Han dynasty, given as concubine to usurping warlord Dong Zhuo [[董卓<DǒngZhuó>]] to ensure his overthrow by fighting hero Lü Bu [[呂布|吕布<LǚBù>]]

cicada in winter

Golden Cicada

Cicadidae, homopterous insect family including cicada

cicada's wing

to continue in a post

cicada slough

cicada slough (used in TCM)

as quiet as a cicada in winter (idiom)

the mantis stalks the cicada, unaware of the oriole behind (idiom, from Daoist classic Zhuangzi [[莊子|庄子]]); to pursue a narrow gain while neglecting a greater danger

to keep quiet out of fear (idiom)

lit. the cicada sheds its carapace (idiom); fig. to vanish leaving an empty shell

The mantis stalks the cicada, unaware of the oriole behind (idiom, from Daoist classic Zhuangzi [[莊子|庄子]]); to pursue a narrow gain while neglecting a greater danger