| 蚱 | [ zhà ] grasshopper |
| 蚱蜢 | [ zhà měng ] grasshopper |
| 蚱蟲 | [ zhà chóng ] grasshopper |
| ⇒ 一根繩上的螞蚱 | [ yī gēn shéng shàng de mà zha ] see 一條繩上的螞蚱|一条绳上的蚂蚱[yi1 tiao2 sheng2 shang4 de5 ma4 zha5] |
| ⇒ 一條繩上的螞蚱 | [ yī shéng shàng de mà zha ] lit. grasshoppers tied together with a piece of string (idiom), fig. people who are in it together for better or worse, people who will sink or swim together |
| ⇒ 螞蚱 | [ mà zha ] (dialect) locust, grasshopper |
| ⇒ 螞蚱也是肉 | [ mà zha yě shì roù ] lit. even a locust provides some nourishment (idiom), fig. it's better than nothing |