| 知了猴 |
zhī liǎo hóu |
(coll.) newly-emerged cicada nymph |
| 知 |
zhī |
to know / to be aware |
| 知了 |
zhī liǎo |
cicada (onom.) |
| 了 |
le |
(completed action marker) / (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now) / (modal particle intensifying preceding clause) |
| 了 |
liǎo |
to finish / (used with 得 or 不 after a verb to express (im)possibility, as in 忘不了 "cannot forget") / (literary) (usually followed by a negative such as 无 or 不) completely (not); entirely (not); (not) in the least / to understand clearly (variant of 了) |
| 了 |
liǎo |
(of eyes) bright / clear-sighted / to understand clearly |
| 了 |
liào |
unofficial variant of 瞭 |
| 猴 |
hóu |
monkey / CL:只 |