Cicada droops like a tassel on a hat, its tentacles suck the clear dew, and its voice spreads from the branches of the straight Shulang tree.
Cicada is far away from cicada because cicada is on a tall tree, not relying on autumn wind.
Cicada hangs down its tassel-like tentacles and sucks the sweet dew. The continuous chirping comes from the sparse branches of phoenix tree. Cicada's voice can spread far because of its height, not by the power of autumn wind.
Precautions:
Pendulum: the drooping part of the hat tassel tied under the chin of the ancients, which is somewhat similar to the shape of the tentacles extended from the cicada head.
Dew: Pure dew. The ancients thought that cicadas lived by drinking dew, but in fact they sucked the juice of plants.
Flowing clouds and flowing water: refers to the continuous cicada singing.
Sparse: open and sparse.
Relying on: relying on.