"carpenter moth" Chinese-English Dictionary
| Chinese | Pinyin | Translation | Actions |
|---|---|---|---|
| 木蠹 | wood moth / carpenter moth / CL:隻|只[zhi1] | ||
| 木蠹蛾 | wood moth / carpenter moth / CL:隻|只[zhi1] |
| Chinese | Pinyin | Translation | Actions |
|---|---|---|---|
| 木匠 | carpenter | syn | |
| 飞蛾 飛蛾 | moth | syn | |
| 木工 | woodwork / carpentry / woodworker / carpenter | syn | |
| 蛾子 | moth | syn | |
| 飞蛾扑火 飛蛾撲火 | the moth flies into the flame / fatal attraction | ||
| 直角尺 | a set square (carpenter's tool) | ||
| 矩 | carpenter's square / rule / regulation / pattern / to carve | syn | |
| 蛾 | (bound form) moth | syn | |
| 蠹 | insect that eats into books, clothing etc / moth-eaten / worm-eaten | syn | |
| 樟脑丸 樟腦丸 | camphor balls / moth balls | syn | |
| 蠹虫 蠹蟲 | moth / harmful person / vermin | syn | |
| 榘 | variant of 矩, carpenter's square / rule / regulation / pattern / to carve | ||
| 墨斗 | carpenter's straight line marker (an inked cord stretched tight then lowered onto timber) | ||
| 墨线 墨線 | inked line / carpenter's straight line marker (an inked cord stretched tight then lowered onto timber) | ||
| 螟虫 螟蟲 | boring insect / snout moth's larva (Aphomia gullaris or Plodia interpuncuella or Heliothus armigera etc), major agricultural pest | syn | |
| 蚕蛾 蠶蛾 | Chinese silkworm moth (Bombyx mori) | ||
| 螟 | boring insect / snout moth's larva (Aphomia gullaris or Plodia interpuncuella or Heliothus armigera etc), major agricultural pest | syn | |
| 尺蠖 | looper caterpillar, larva of moth in family Geometridae / inch worm | ||
| 丁字尺 | T-square / set square (carpenter's tool) | syn | |
| 卯榫 | mortise and tenon (slot and tab forming a carpenter's joint) | ||
| 榫销 榫銷 | dowel / carpenter's pin | ||
| 直角器 | a set square (carpenter's tool) | ||
| 绳墨 繩墨 | lit. carpenter's straight line marker / same as 墨斗 / fig. rules / rules and regulations | syn | |
| 尺蠖蛾 | moth in family Geometridae | ||
| 樟脑球 樟腦球 | camphor balls / moth balls | ||
| 纸鱼 紙魚 | silverfish (Lepisma saccarina) / fish moth | syn | |
| 苹果蠹蛾 蘋果蠹蛾 | codling moth (Cydia pomonella) | ||
| 蛾类 蛾類 | moth (family) | ||
| 蠹蛀 | to be moth-eaten / to be worm-eaten | ||
| 钻心虫 鑽心蟲 | boring insect / snout moth's larva (Aphomia gullaris or Plodia interpuncuella or Heliothus armigera etc), major agricultural pest | syn | |
| 飞蛾投火 飛蛾投火 | lit. like a moth flying into the fire (idiom) / fig. to choose a path to certain destruction | syn | |
| 灯蛾 燈蛾 | moth |