dragonfly in Chinese
dragonfly in Chinese is 蜻蜓 — dragonfly means a flying insect with a long, slender body and two pairs of transparent wings held out flat at rest.
dragonfly in Chinese
蜻蜓
Pronounced: qīng tíng
An insect of the suborder Epiprocta or, more strictly, the infraorder Anisoptera, having four long transparent wings held perpendicular to a long body when perched.
What does "dragonfly" mean?
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noun A flying insect with a long, slender body and two pairs of transparent wings held out flat at rest.
"Stacey Combes, who studies the biomechanics of dragonfly flight at Harvard, once watched a laboratory dragonfly eat 30 flies in a row."
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dragonfly in a sentence
- Stacey Combes, who studies the biomechanics of dragonfly flight at Harvard, once watched a laboratory dragonfly eat 30 flies in a row.
- There were two dragonflies in the garden today.
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What is "dragonfly" in Chinese?
"dragonfly" in Chinese is 蜻蜓. dragonfly means: A flying insect with a long, slender body and two pairs of transparent wings held out flat at rest.
How do you pronounce 蜻蜓?
"dragonfly" in Chinese is 蜻蜓, pronounced "qīng tíng".
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