浸种 浸種 jìn zhǒng to soak seeds (in water to hasten germination, or in a chemical solution to prevent damage from insects etc) 虫灾 蟲災 chóng zāi insect damage / destruction of crops by pest insects syn 损失 損失 sǔn shī loss / damage / CL:個|个[ge4] / to lose / to suffer damage syn 毁坏 毀壞 huǐ huài to damage / to devastate / to vandalize / damage / destruction syn 免受 miǎn shòu to avoid suffering / to prevent (sth bad) / to protect against (damage) / immunity (from prosecution) / freedom (from pain, damage etc) / exempt from punishment syn 损失登记册办公室 損失登記冊辦公室 sǔn shī dēng jì cè bàn gōng shì Office for the United Nations Register of Damage Caused by the Construction of the Wall in the Occupied Palestinian Territory / Office of the Register of Damage 损失登记册 損失登記冊 sǔn shī dēng jì cè United Nations Register of Damage caused by the Construction of the Wall in the Occupied Palestinian Territory / Register of Damage 唧唧 jī jī (onom.) chirping of insects, sighing noise etc 鸣叫 鳴叫 míng jiào to emit a sound / (of birds, insects etc) to chirp, hoot etc / (of a siren, steam whistle etc) to sound syn 羽化 yǔ huà levitation (of Daoist immortal) / to become as light as a feather and ascend to heaven / (in Daoism) to become immortal / to die / of winged insects, to emerge from the cocoon in adult form / eclosion syn 驱虫 qū chóng to repel insects / to deworm 惊蛰 驚蟄 jīng zhé Jingzhe or Insects Wake, 3rd of the 24 solar terms 二十四節氣|二十四节气 6th-20th March 蜕化 蛻化 tuì huà (of insects) to undergo metamorphosis / (fig.) to be transformed / to metamorphose / to become degraded syn 虫类 蟲類 chóng lèi insects 嗡嗡叫 wēng wēng jiào hum / drone / buzz (of insects) 蝼蛄 螻蛄 lóu gū mole cricket / Gryllolaptaptidae, family of burrowing insects of order Orthoptera (a serious agricultural pest) syn 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 鸣 鳴 míng to cry (of birds, animals and insects) / to make a sound / to voice (one's gratitude, grievance etc) syn 蛀 zhù termite / to bore (of insects) syn 啭 囀 zhuàn to sing (of birds or insects) / to warble / to chirp / to twitter syn 翃 hóng to swarm (of insects) 熰 ǒu copious smoke produced by smoldering firewood / half alight / to use the smoke of burning wormwood etc to repel insects 半翅目 bàn chì mù Hemiptera (suborder of order Homoptera, insects including cicadas and aphids) 启蛰 啟蟄 qǐ zhé Waking from Hibernation / old variant of 驚蟄|惊蛰[Jing1 zhe2], Insects Wake, 3rd of the 24 solar terms 二十四節氣|二十四节气[er4 shi2 si4 jie2 qi5] 6th-20th March 外骨骼 wài gǔ gé exoskeleton (the carapace of insects, crabs etc) 甲壳虫类 甲殼蟲類 jiǎ ké chóng lèi insects of the order Coleoptera (i.e. beetles) 蝼蛄科 螻蛄科 lóu gū kē Gryllolaptaptidae family of burrowing insects of order Orthoptera / mole crickets 蝉鸣 蟬鳴 chán míng song of cicadas / chirping of insects 跂跂 qí qí crawling or creeping (of insects) 隐色 隱色 yǐn sè protective coloration (esp. of insects) / camouflage 鸟虫书 鳥蟲書 niǎo chóng shū bird writing, a calligraphic style based on seal script 篆書|篆书[zhuan4 shu1], but with characters decorated as birds and insects 𠙶 ǒu (name of a mountain) / copious smoke produced by smoldering firewood / half alight / to use the smoke of burning wormwood etc to repel insects 消杀 消殺 xiāo shā to sterilize / to disinfect / to kill / to exterminate (insects, pathogens etc) 破坏 破壞 pò huài destruction / damage / to wreck / to break / to destroy syn 危害 wēi hài to harm / to jeopardize / to endanger / harmful effect / damage / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 损害 損害 sǔn hài harm / to damage / to impair syn 损坏 損壞 sǔn huài to damage / to injure syn 隐患 隱患 yǐn huàn a danger concealed within sth / hidden damage / misfortune not visible from the surface 损伤 損傷 sǔn shāng to harm / to damage / to injure / impairment / loss / disability syn 受损 受損 shòu sǔn to suffer damage 保全 bǎo quán to save from damage / to preserve / to maintain / to keep in good repair / (Tw) security guard syn 重创 重創 zhòng chuāng to inflict heavy losses / to inflict serious damage syn 打伤 打傷 dǎ shāng to injure / to wound / to damage syn 受害 shòu hài to suffer damage, injury etc / damaged / injured / killed / robbed syn 透支 tòu zhī (banking) to overdraw / to take out an overdraft / an overdraft / to overspend (i.e. expenditure in excess of revenue) / (old) to draw one's wage in advance / (fig.) to exhaust (one's enthusiasm, energy etc) / to damage a natural resource through overuse syn 连累 連累 lián lěi to involve / to implicate sb / to spread to others (harm, trouble, damage etc) syn 祸害 禍害 huò hài disaster / harm / scourge / bad person / to damage / to harm / to wreck syn 损毁 損毀 sǔn huǐ to damage / to wreck / to destroy syn 财产损失 cái chǎn sǔn shī property damage 划伤 劃傷 huá shāng to damage by scratching / to gash / to lacerate 灼伤 灼傷 zhuó shāng a burn (tissue damage from heat, chemicals etc) / to burn (the skin etc) / (fig.) (of anger, jealousy etc) to hurt (sb) syn 水灾 水災 shuǐ zāi flood / flood damage syn 毁损 毀損 huǐ sǔn impair, damage syn 害处 害處 hài chu damage / harm / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 水渍 水漬 shuǐ zì water spot / water stain / wet spot / damp patch / water damage 霜冻 霜凍 shuāng dòng frost / frost damage (to crop) 脑损伤 腦損傷 nǎo sǔn shāng brain damage 祸国殃民 禍國殃民 huò guó yāng mín to damage the country and cause suffering to the people (idiom) syn 水害 shuǐ hài flood damage syn 毁伤 毀傷 huǐ shāng to injure / to damage syn 海损 海損 hǎi sǔn damage to goods during shipping syn 损公肥私 損公肥私 sǔn gōng féi sī to damage the public interest for personal profit (idiom) / personal profit at public expense / venal and selfish behavior syn 败 敗 bài to defeat / to damage / to lose (to an opponent) / to fail / to wither syn 损 損 sǔn to decrease / to lose / to damage / to harm / (coll.) to ridicule / to deride / (coll.) caustic / sarcastic / nasty / mean / one of the 64 hexagrams of the Book of Changes: ䷨ syn 煞 shā to terminate / to cut short / to bring to a stop / to squeeze / to tighten / to damage / variant of 殺|杀[sha1] syn 漶 huàn (of writing, pictures etc) indistinct due to deterioration (water damage etc) / blurry / eroded 假途灭虢 假途滅虢 jiǎ tú miè guó lit. a short-cut to crush Guo (idiom) / fig. to connive with sb to damage a third party, then turn on the partner 切中要害 qiè zhòng yào hài to hit the target and do real damage (idiom) / fig. to hit where it hurts / fig. to hit home / an argument that hits the nail on the head 残民害物 殘民害物 cán mín hài wù to harm people and damage property (idiom) 病民害国 病民害國 bìng mín hài guó to damage the people and harm the country (idiom) 病民蛊国 病民蠱國 bìng mín gǔ guó to damage the people and harm the country (idiom) 覆水难收 覆水難收 fù shuǐ nán shōu spilt water is difficult to retrieve (idiom) / it's no use crying over spilt milk / what's done is done and can't be reversed / the damage is done / once divorced, there's no reuniting syn 养虎伤身 養虎傷身 yǎng hǔ shāng shēn Rear a tiger and court disaster. (idiom) / fig. if you're too lenient with sb, he will damage you later / to cherish a snake in one's bosom 养虎遗患 養虎遺患 yǎng hǔ yí huàn Rear a tiger and court disaster. (idiom) / fig. if you're too lenient with sb, he will damage you later / to cherish a snake in one's bosom syn 病国殃民 病國殃民 bìng guó yāng mín to damage the country and cause suffering to the people (idiom) 暗伤 暗傷 àn shāng internal injury / invisible damage syn 核杀伤破坏估计 核殺傷破壞估計 hé shā shāng pò huài gū jì nuclear damage assessment 生物伦琴当量 生物倫琴當量 shēng wù lún qín dāng liàng rem (Röntgen equivalent man, an old unit of radiation damage now replaced by the Sievert) 希沃特 xī wò tè sievert (Sv), unit of radiation damage used in radiotherapy 殈 xù damage egg so it does not hatch 健康受损 健康受損 jiàn kāng shòu sǔn health damage 伤耗 傷耗 shāng hào damage (e.g. to goods in transit) syn 免受伤害 免受傷害 miǎn shòu shāng hài to avoid damage 刮伤 刮傷 guā shāng scratch (wound) / scratch (damage to an object) 千里之堤，溃于蚁穴 千里之堤，潰於蟻穴 qiān lǐ zhī dī , kuì yú yǐ xué lit. an ant hole may cause the collapse of a great dike (idiom) / fig. huge damage may result from a moment's negligence 严重破坏 嚴重破壞 yán zhòng pò huài serious damage 失语 失語 shī yǔ to let slip / loss of speech (e.g. as a result of brain damage) / aphasia 失风 失風 shī fēng trouble / damage / setback / sth goes wrong 折耗 shé hào loss of goods / damage to goods / shrinkage 环境损害 環境損害 huán jìng sǔn hài environmental damage 病虫危害 病蟲危害 bìng chóng wēi hài insect or disease damage to crop 碰损 碰損 pèng sǔn bruising (damage to soft fruit etc) 西弗 xī fú sievert (Sv), unit of radiation damage used in radiotherapy 诬害 誣害 wū hài to damage by calumny syn 霜害 shuāng hài frostbite / frost damage (to crop) 霜灾 霜災 shuāng zāi frost damage (to crop) 补救措施 補救措施 bǔ jiù cuò shī damage control 核损害 hé sǔn hài nuclear damage 避免损害成本法 bì miǎn sǔn hài chéng běn fǎ damage costs avoided approach 