壳殼
Ideographic: A shell discarded 冗 by a soldier 士Radical: 士
meaning for 壳 qiào:
- - shell
- - carapace
- - crust (earth's crust etc)
- - also pr. [ke2]the Earth's crustthe body (housing the soul)carapace
- - crust
- - outer shell
- - also pr. [jia3 ke2]lit. the cicada sheds its carapace (idiom)
- - fig. to vanish leaving an empty shell
- - a crafty escape plansee 壳牌公司