尾蚴 wěi yòu tailed larva / Cercaria (microscopic larva of parasitic Miracidium flatworm) syn 虫豸 蟲豸 chóng zhì insect or insect-like small creature (literary) / base person (used as a curse word) 螟虫 螟蟲 míng chóng boring insect / snout moth's larva (Aphomia gullaris or Plodia interpuncuella or Heliothus armigera etc), major agricultural pest syn 螟 míng boring insect / snout moth's larva (Aphomia gullaris or Plodia interpuncuella or Heliothus armigera etc), major agricultural pest syn 稚虫 稚蟲 zhì chóng naiad / larva / developmental stage of insect 钻心虫 鑽心蟲 zuān xīn chóng boring insect / snout moth's larva (Aphomia gullaris or Plodia interpuncuella or Heliothus armigera etc), major agricultural pest syn 螟蛉 míng líng green rice caterpillar or similar insect larva / adopted son (Etymology: Wasps of a particular species take caterpillars to their nest as food for their offspring, but it was mistakenly believed that the wasps were raising the caterpillars as their own young.) syn 飞虫 飛蟲 fēi chóng flying insect / winged insect 秩 zhì (literary) salary according to rank / (literary) an official's rank / (literary) order / orderliness / (literary) decade syn 辟 bì (literary) king / monarch / (literary) (of a sovereign) to summon to official service / (literary) to avoid (variant of 避[bi4]) / (literary) to repel (variant of 避[bi4]) syn 舆 輿 yú (literary) chassis of a carriage (contrasted with the canopy 堪[kan1]) / (literary) (fig.) the earth (while the carriage canopy is a metaphor for heaven) / land / territory / (literary) carriage / (literary) sedan chair / palanquin / (bound form) the multitudes / the people / the public syn 倪 ní (literary) small child / (literary) limit / bound / extremity / (literary) to differentiate / (literary) origin / cause 攘 rǎng (literary) to push up one's sleeves / (literary) to reject / to resist / (literary) to seize / to steal / (literary) to perturb / Taiwan pr. [rang2] syn 阆 閬 làng (literary) vast / spacious / (literary) lofty / (literary) tall door / (literary) dry moat outside a city wall 硙硙 磑磑 ái ái (literary) lofty / towering / (literary) glistening white / (literary) hard / solid / (literary) piled up 蝤蛴 蝤蠐 qiú qí (literary) longhorn beetle larva 蚛 zhòng (literary) (of a worm or insect) to nibble / to bite / worm-eaten 斐然 fěi rán (literary) of great literary talent / (literary) (of achievements etc) brilliant / outstanding syn 婵娟 嬋娟 chán juān (literary) beautiful woman / (literary) lovely / graceful / (literary) the moon syn 第 dì (prefix indicating ordinal number, as in 第六[di4-liu4] "sixth") / (literary) grades in which successful candidates in the imperial examinations were placed / (old) residence of a high official / (literary) but / however / (literary) only / just syn 勒 lè (literary) bridle / halter / headstall / to rein in / to compel / to force / (literary) to carve / to engrave / (literary) to command / to lead (an army etc) / (physics) lux (abbr. for 勒克斯[le4ke4si1]) syn 俱 jù (literary) all / both / entirely / without exception / (literary) to be together / (literary) to be alike syn 聊 liáo (coll.) to chat / (literary) temporarily / for a while / (literary) somewhat / slightly / (literary) to depend upon syn 虞 yú (literary) to expect / to anticipate / (literary) to be concerned about / to be apprehensive / (literary) to deceive / to dupe syn 怃 憮 wǔ (literary) to have tender affection for / (literary) discouraged / disappointed / (literary) startled 蒐 sōu (literary) madder (Rubia cordifolia) / (literary) to hunt, esp. in spring / (literary) to gather / to collect 婵媛 嬋媛 chán yuán (literary) (of a woman) graceful / (literary) to be interwoven / (literary) to be emotionally involved 佹 guǐ (literary) perverse / unreasonable / (literary) eccentric / enigmatic / (literary) by chance / all of a sudden 塈 jì (literary) to plaster / (literary) to pick up / (literary) to rest 奭 shì (literary) majestic / magnificent / (literary) rich, deep red / (literary) angry / furious 庶几 庶幾 shù jī (literary) similar / almost / (literary) if only / it is to be hoped that / (literary) maybe / perhaps syn 幼虫 幼蟲 yòu chóng larva syn 孑孓 jié jué mosquito larva / wiggler syn 蚴 yòu larva 蜎 yuān larva of mosquito 蝝 yuán locust larva without wings 白僵蚕 白殭蠶 bái jiāng cán the larva of silkworm with batrytis 尺蠖 chǐ huò looper caterpillar, larva of moth in family Geometridae / inch worm 幼体 幼體 yòu tǐ the young (unborn or newborn) of an animal / larva 着床 著床 zhuó chuáng to lie down on a bed / (physiology) implantation (attachment of a blastocyst to the lining of the uterus) / (of an oyster larva) to attach to a substrate / (fig.) to take root / to become established 蛴螬 蠐螬 qí cáo scarab beetle larva / grub / CL:條|条[tiao2] syn 跟头虫 跟頭蟲 gēn tou chóng wriggler / mosquito larva syn 蠉 xuān wriggler / mosquito larva / to crawl / to worm along 鸡母虫 雞母蟲 jī mǔ chóng beetle larva 昆虫 昆蟲 kūn chóng insect / CL:隻|只[zhi1],群[qun2],堆[dui1] syn 虫子 蟲子 chóng zi insect / bug / worm / CL:條|条[tiao2],隻|只[zhi1] syn 病虫害 病蟲害 bìng chóng hài plant diseases and insect pests 害虫 害蟲 hài chóng injurious insect / pest 吸食 xī shí (of an insect) to drink (nectar, sap, blood etc) / (of a person) to take (a narcotic drug) / to drink through a straw syn 合拢 合攏 hé lǒng to close (flower, eyes, suitcase etc) / to bring together / (insect or bird when not flying) to fold (its wings) syn 蟋蟀 xī shuài cricket (insect) syn 脱皮 脫皮 tuō pí (of paint etc) to peel off / to flake off / (of an insect or snake etc) to molt / (of skin) to peel off due to hard labor, blistering or sunburn etc / (fig.) to go through a grueling experience syn 病虫 病蟲 bìng chóng plant diseases and insect pests 虫害 蟲害 chóng hài insect pest / damage from insects syn 叮咬 dīng yǎo sting / bite (of insect) 成虫 成蟲 chéng chóng imago (adult, sexually mature insect, the final stage of its development) 蛀虫 蛀蟲 zhù chóng insect that eats into wood, books, clothes etc / fig. vermin syn 毒虫 毒蟲 dú chóng poisonous insect (or spider etc) / venomous snake / (slang) junkie 单眼 單眼 dān yǎn ommatidium (single component of insect's compound eye) / one eye (i.e. one's left or right eye) 蟊贼 蟊賊 máo zéi insect that damages cereal crop seedlings / (lit. and fig.) vermin / a person harmful to the country and the people syn 须 鬚 xū beard / mustache / feeler (of an insect etc) / tassel syn 口器 kǒu qì mouthparts (of animal or insect) syn 益虫 益蟲 yì chóng beneficial insect 蛐蛐儿 蛐蛐兒 qū qu r (dialect) cricket (insect) syn 益鸟 益鳥 yì niǎo beneficial bird (esp. one that preys on insect pests or mice) 虫 蟲 chóng lower form of animal life, including insects, insect larvae, worms and similar creatures / CL:條|条[tiao2],隻|只[zhi1] / (fig.) person with a particular undesirable characteristic syn 翅 chì (bound form) wing (of a bird or insect) syn 蛊 蠱 gǔ arch. legendary venomous insect / to poison / to bewitch / to drive to insanity / to harm by witchcraft / intestinal parasite 蠡 lǐ wood-boring insect syn 蝮 fù insect / poisonous snake (archaic) 蠹 dù insect that eats into books, clothing etc / moth-eaten / worm-eaten syn 虿 蠆 chài (scorpion) / an insect 蟿 qì (insect) / Tryxalis masuta 蟜 jiǎo (insect) 夏虫不可以语冰 夏蟲不可以語冰 xià chóng bù kě yǐ yǔ bīng a summer insect cannot discuss ice (idiom) 捕虫叶 捕蟲葉 bǔ chóng yè insect-catching leaf 促织 促織 cù zhī cricket (insect) syn 前翅 qián chì front wing (of insect) 同翅目 tóng chì mù Homoptera (insect suborder including cicadas, aphids, plant-hoppers, shield bugs etc) 后翅 後翅 hòu chì back wing (of insect) 打虫 打蟲 dǎ chóng to swat an insect / to get rid of intestinal parasite with drugs 疑冰 yí bīng ignorant / doubt stemming from ignorance / (a summer insect has no word for ice, Zhuangzi 莊子|庄子[Zhuang1 zi3]) 病虫危害 病蟲危害 bìng chóng wēi hài insect or disease damage to crop 直翅目 zhí chì mù Orthoptera (insect order including grasshoppers, crickets and locusts) 膜翅目 mó chì mù Hymenoptera (insect order including ants and bees) 蚊虫叮咬 蚊蟲叮咬 wén chóng dīng yǎo insect bites 蛰虫 蟄蟲 zhé chóng dormant insect 蝈螽 蟈螽 guō zhōng insect of the Gampsocleis genus (grasshoppers and crickets) / Gampsocleis sinensis 蝉科 蟬科 chán kē Cicadidae, homopterous insect family including cicada 虫灾 蟲災 chóng zāi insect damage / destruction of crops by pest insects syn 双翅目 雙翅目 shuāng chì mù Diptera (insect order including flies) 鞘翅目 qiào chì mù Coleoptera (insect order including beetles) 鳞翅 鱗翅 lín chì scaly wing / Lepidoptera (insect order including butterflies 蝶類|蝶类 and moths 蛾類|蛾类) 鳞翅目 鱗翅目 lín chì mù Lepidoptera (insect order including butterflies 蝶類|蝶类 and moths 蛾類|蛾类) 马氏管 馬氏管 mǎ shì guǎn Malpighian tubule system (in the insect digestive tract etc) 昆虫不育术 sterile insect technique 非洲区域昆虫学研究生方案 fēi zhōu qū yù kūn chóng xué yán jiū shēng fāng àn African Regional Post-graduate Programme in Insect Science 国际昆虫生理学和生态学中心 國際昆蟲生理學和生態學中心 International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology 抗害虫 kàng hài chóng insect-resistant 