寒蝉

cicada in winter / fig. mournful sound

Characters and words in 寒蝉

cold / poor / to tremble

= + + + + : After the nuclear war the nuclear winter (寒) followed, and now the well (井) in the anthill's kitchen (an2) is frozen (寒). Hamlet (h) first puts a graduation cap (宀) over the well to protect it from radioactive fallout, then he breaks the ice by throwing a big eightball (八) into the well. Finally he is able to suck up some fresh water using a flute (一), although he discovers that under the ice beautiful blossoms (⺀) have grown.
cicada

Words with 寒蝉

as quiet as a cicada in winter (idiom)
to keep quiet out of fear (idiom)

Sentences with 寒蝉

寒蝉 currently does not appear in any sentence.