Chinese edit

phonetic
simp. and trad.
(蟑螂)

Etymology edit

Repetition of the rime with initial l- (Schuessler, 2007).

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Noun edit

蟑螂

  1. cockroach
    毒死蟑螂  ―  dúsǐ zhāngláng  ―  to kill cockroaches with poison

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