虫子 蟲子 chóng zi insect / bug / worm / CL:條|条[tiao2],隻|只[zhi1] syn 昆虫 昆蟲 kūn chóng insect / CL:隻|只[zhi1],群[qun2],堆[dui1] syn 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 沉睡 chén shuì to be fast asleep / (fig.) to lie dormant / to lie undiscovered syn 害虫 害蟲 hài chóng injurious insect / pest 蟋蟀 xī shuài cricket (insect) syn 休眠 xiū mián (biology) dormant / (of a volcano) dormant / (computing) to hibernate syn 毒虫 毒蟲 dú chóng poisonous insect (or spider etc) / venomous snake / (slang) junkie 蛀虫 蛀蟲 zhù chóng insect that eats into wood, books, clothes etc / fig. vermin syn 飞虫 飛蟲 fēi chóng flying insect / winged insect 虫害 蟲害 chóng hài insect pest / damage from insects 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 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 成虫 成蟲 chéng chóng imago (adult, sexually mature insect, the final stage of its development) 单眼 單眼 dān yǎn ommatidium (single component of insect's compound eye) / one eye (i.e. one's left or right eye) 病虫害 病蟲害 bìng chóng hài plant diseases and insect pests 病虫 病蟲 bìng chóng plant diseases and insect pests 叮咬 dīng yǎo sting / bite (of insect) 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 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 须 鬚 xū beard / mustache / feeler (of an insect etc) / tassel 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 蠹 dù insect that eats into books, clothing etc / moth-eaten / worm-eaten syn 益虫 益蟲 yì chóng beneficial insect 口器 kǒu qì mouthparts (of animal or insect) syn 蛐蛐儿 蛐蛐兒 qū qu r (dialect) cricket (insect) syn 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 益鸟 益鳥 yì niǎo beneficial bird (esp. one that preys on insect pests or mice) 蠡 lǐ wood-boring insect syn 蝮 fù insect / poisonous snake (archaic) 螟 míng boring insect / snout moth's larva (Aphomia gullaris or Plodia interpuncuella or Heliothus armigera etc), major agricultural pest syn 虿 蠆 chài (scorpion) / an insect 虫灾 蟲災 chóng zāi insect damage / destruction of crops by pest insects syn 打虫 打蟲 dǎ chóng to swat an insect / to get rid of intestinal parasite with drugs 直翅目 zhí chì mù Orthoptera (insect order including grasshoppers, crickets and locusts) 鞘翅目 qiào chì mù Coleoptera (insect order including beetles) 蟿 qì (insect) / Tryxalis masuta 休眠火山 xiū mián huǒ shān dormant volcano 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) 虫豸 蟲豸 chóng zhì insect or insect-like small creature (literary) / base person (used as a curse word) 死账 死賬 sǐ zhàng dormant bank account 休眠银行账户 休眠銀行賬戶 dormant bank account 瑞士休眠账户理赔法庭 瑞士休眠賬戶理賠法庭 Claims Resolution Tribunal for Dormant Accounts in Switzerland 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) 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 稚虫 稚蟲 zhì chóng naiad / larva / developmental stage of insect 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 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 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 双翅目 雙翅目 shuāng chì mù Diptera (insect order including flies) 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 利用昆虫不育术对舌蝇进行生物控制项目 利用昆蟲不育術對舌蠅進行生物控制項目 Project on the Biological Control of Tsetse Flies by the Sterile-Insect Technique 避蚊胺 bì wén àn DEET (insect repellent) 蛀食木材昆虫 蛀食木材昆蟲 wood-consuming insect 水生昆虫 shuǐ shēng kūn chóng water-inhabiting insect 昆虫媒介 kūn chóng méi jiè insect vector 媒介昆虫 媒介昆蟲 vector insect 虫媒疾病 蟲媒疾病 insect-borne disease 经昆虫传播的疾病 經昆蟲傳播的疾病 insect-borne disease 杀虫器 殺蟲器 insect killer 待乙妥 dài yǐ tuǒ DEET (insect repellent) (loanword) 蚽 pí a kind of insect (old) 平衡棒 píng héng bàng haltere (insect anatomy) 胭脂虫 胭脂蟲 yān zhī chóng cochineal insect 涂白剂 塗白劑 tú bái jì a white paint applied to tree trunks to protect the trees from insect damage etc 候虫 候蟲 hòu chóng seasonal insect (e.g. cicada) 瞌睡虫 瞌睡蟲 kē shuì chóng mythological insect that makes people doze off / (fig.) drowsiness / (coll.) person who loves sleeping / sleepaholic 蚛 zhòng (literary) (of a worm or insect) to nibble / to bite / worm-eaten 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 蚃 蠁 xiǎng (literary) insect larva / Taiwan pr. 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