脫殼金蟬

See also: 脱壳金蝉 and 金蟬脫殼

Chinese

		to cast the shell; ecdysis; shedding of shell	golden cicada; pupa of Cryptotympana atrata
trad. (脫殼金蟬)		脫殼	金蟬
simp. (脱壳金蝉)		脱壳	金蝉
Literally: “golden cicada that has shed its shell”.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): tuōqiàojīnchán, tuōkéjīnchán

(Zhuyin): ㄊㄨㄛㄑㄧㄠˋ ㄐㄧㄣㄔㄢˊ, ㄊㄨㄛㄎㄜˊ ㄐㄧㄣㄔㄢˊ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Mainland standard)⁺
  - Pinyin: tuōqiàojīnchán
  - Zhuyin: ㄊㄨㄛㄑㄧㄠˋ ㄐㄧㄣㄔㄢˊ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tuochiawjincharn
  - IPA ^(key): /tʰu̯ɔ⁵⁵ t͡ɕʰi̯ɑʊ̯⁵¹ t͡ɕin⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰän³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, Taiwan standard)⁺
  - Pinyin: tuōkéjīnchán
  - Zhuyin: ㄊㄨㄛㄎㄜˊ ㄐㄧㄣㄔㄢˊ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tuokerjincharn
  - IPA ^(key): /tʰu̯ɔ⁵⁵ kʰɤ³⁵ t͡ɕin⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰän³⁵/

Idiom

脫殼金蟬

Alternative form of 金蟬脫殼／金蝉脱壳 (jīnchántuōqiào).
- 素蘭花，桂紅樹，迎翠軒中，錯被春留住。乖巧小卿機不露，借風邀雨，脫殼金蟬去。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
  素兰花，桂红树，迎翠轩中，错被春留住。乖巧小卿机不露，借风邀雨，脱壳金蝉去。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
  From: 吳敬所《國色天香·第七卷·天緣奇遇（上）》
  Sù lánhuā, guì hóng shù, yíng cuì xuān zhōng, cuò bèi chūn liú zhù. Guāiqiǎo xiǎo qīng jī bù lù, jiè fēng yāo yǔ, tuōkéjīnchán qù. [Pinyin]
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- 昨日著呂布殺的我魂不附體，早是我脫殼金蟬計走了，別人都不知道，則有張飛知道。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
  昨日著吕布杀的我魂不附体，早是我脱壳金蝉计走了，别人都不知道，则有张飞知道。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
  From: 關漢卿 (Guan Hanqing) 《虎牢關三戰呂布·第三折》
  Zuórì zhù lǚbù shā de wǒ hún bù fùtǐ, zǎo shì wǒ tuōkéjīnchán jì zǒu le, biérén dōu bùzhīdào, zé yǒu zhāngfēi zhīdào. [Pinyin]
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