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A DRAGONFLY, DAMSELFLY:「Dragonfly sex is a rough and tumble affair. …The male dragonfly will pull his abdomen forward and use his anal appendages, a pair of cerci, to clasp her by the neck (her prothorax). Once he has her tightly by the neck, he can extend his body and continue to fly with her, in tandem. …Dragonflies have secondary sex organs, meaning they don't store sperm near the copulatory organ. He must transfer some sperm from a gonopore on his ninth abdominal segment to his penis, which is located under his second abdominal segment. …The female's genital opening is near the tip of her abdomen, while the male's penis is closer to his thorax (on the underside of his second abdominal segment). The female must bend her abdomen forward, sometimes with coaxing from the male, to bring her genitalia into contact with his penis. …In dragonflies, the sex organs lock together briefly (not so for damselflies).
…Female dragonflies operate by the 'last in, first out' rule of fertilization. If given the opportunity, she might mate with multiple partners, but the sperm from her final sexual partner will fertilize her eggs, in most cases. Male dragonflies, therefore, have an incentive to make sure their sperm is the last to be deposited in her. A male dragonfly can increase his chances of fatherhood by destroying the sperm of his competitors, and he's well equipped to do so when he mates. Some dragonflies have backwards-facing hooks or barbs on their penises, which they can use to scoop out any sperm they find inside their partner before depositing their own. Other dragonflies use their penises to tamp down or move the offending sperm, pushing it aside before he places his own in the ideal location for fertilization. Still other dragonfly males will dilute any existing sperm they find. In all cases, his goal is to ensure that his sperm supersedes that of any prior partners she has had. Just to provide an added measure of security for his sperm, the male dragonfly will often guard the female until she oviposits her eggs. He tries to prevent her from mating with any other males, so his sperm is assured the 'last in' position that will make him a father. Male damselflies will often continue to grasp their partners with their cerci, refusing to let go until she oviposits. He'll even endure a dunking in the pond if she submerges to place her eggs. Many dragonflies prefer to guard their partners by simply chasing off any approaching males, even engaging in wing-to-wing combat if necessary.」
[ https://www.thoughtco.com/how-dragonflies-mate-1968255 2023-05-18 ]
Modern definitions (that generally disregard history) …excluding politically incorrect concepts and other meanings deemed offensive today; may list only pigeonholed definitions, euphemisms, or meaningless mnemonics)
Chinese: (dragon fly); (large ant); (wasp)
Unihan extended: mayfly; kind of large insect
EDRDG: kind of ant; may fly
Always keep in mind that these glyphs were originally created by groups of clever old men as vulgar riddles and analogies for their own entertainment
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and represented Chinese society many thousands of years ago, and not as a written or spoken language.
If these glyphs had been intended for language use, the sages could not have possibly designed a worse system.
Is it truly possible that all these glyphs started out as off-color jokes and puzzles? Yes! It is!
Sex had no shame in ancient China. Why would it? And now, there is a cover-up.
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These glyphs however, describe many and various things, including people, long before there were any notions of becoming politically incorrect.
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Despite how bad the human world is today, do you actually believe that the so-called good old days were any better? Or they could only have been worse?
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you should expect to find the same explanations again and again, as tedious as that may become, and as an inherent trait of any dictionary.
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