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"moth balls" Chinese-English Dictionary

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Chinese Pinyin Translation
樟脑丸 樟腦丸 zhāng nǎo wán camphor balls / moth balls syn
樟脑球 樟腦球 zhāng nǎo qiú camphor balls / moth balls
Chinese Pinyin Translation
蛋蛋 dàn dàn (coll.) balls (testicles)
飞蛾 飛蛾 fēi é moth syn
丸子 wán zi pills / balls / meatballs syn
球台 球檯 qiú tái table (for games using balls)
蛾子 é zi moth syn
小球 xiǎo qiú sports such as ping-pong and badminton that use small balls / see also 大球[da4 qiu2]
汤圆 湯圓 tāng yuán boiled or deep-fried balls of glutinous rice flour, usually eaten during Lantern Festival syn
铁球 鐵球 tiě qiú kung fu balls
波霸 bō bà (slang) (loanword) big boobs / big-breasted / (coll.) tapioca balls, in 波霸奶茶[bo1 ba4 nai3 cha2]
大球 dà qiú sports such as soccer, basketball and volleyball that use large balls / see also 小球[xiao3 qiu2]
飞蛾扑火 飛蛾撲火 fēi é pū huǒ the moth flies into the flame / fatal attraction
蛾 é (bound form) moth syn
蠹 dù insect that eats into books, clothing etc / moth-eaten / worm-eaten syn
蠹虫 蠹蟲 dù chóng moth / harmful person / vermin 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
蚕蛾 蠶蛾 cán é Chinese silkworm moth (Bombyx mori)
螟 míng boring insect / snout moth's larva (Aphomia gullaris or Plodia interpuncuella or Heliothus armigera etc), major agricultural pest syn
流星锤 流星錘 liú xīng chuí meteor hammer (ancient weapon consisting of two iron balls connected by a chain)
尺蠖 chǐ huò looper caterpillar, larva of moth in family Geometridae / inch worm
Q Q cute (loanword) / (of food) having a pleasant chewiness (like mochi, tapioca pearls, taro balls etc - foods with a springy or gel-like mouthfeel) / cute (loanword) / (of food) having a pleasant chewiness (like mochi, tapioca pearls, taro balls etc – foods with a springy or gel-like mouthfeel) / (loanword) to cue sb
木蠹 mù dù wood moth / carpenter moth / CL:隻|只[zhi1]
木蠹蛾 mù dù é wood moth / carpenter moth / CL:隻|只[zhi1]
抟饭 摶飯 tuán fàn to roll rice balls / rice ball
炸丸子 zhá wán zi croquettes / deep fried food balls
麻糬 má shǔ (transliteration of Japanese "mochi") sticky rice balls / mochi
猴子偷桃 hóu zi tōu táo "monkey steals the peach" (martial arts), distracting an opponent with one hand and seizing his testicles with the other / (coll.) grabbing sb by the balls
步子太大，容易扯着蛋 步子太大，容易扯著蛋 bù zi tài dà , róng yì chě zhe dàn if you take too big a stride, you could easily rip your balls (catchphrase) (line spoken by actor 葛優|葛优[Ge3 You1] in the 2010 action comedy movie 讓子彈飛|让子弹飞[Rang4 Zi3 dan4 Fei1]) / (fig.) take things one step at a time
卵蛋 luǎn dàn (coll.) testicle / balls
尺蠖蛾 chǐ huò é moth in family Geometridae
纸鱼 紙魚 zhǐ yú silverfish (Lepisma saccarina) / fish moth syn
苹果蠹蛾 蘋果蠹蛾 píng guǒ dù é codling moth (Cydia pomonella)
蛾类 蛾類 é lèi moth (family)
蠹蛀 dù zhù to be moth-eaten / to be worm-eaten
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
飞蛾投火 飛蛾投火 fēi é tóu huǒ lit. like a moth flying into the fire (idiom) / fig. to choose a path to certain destruction syn
灯蛾 燈蛾 dēng é moth
The four tones The four tones of Mandarin Pitch over time: tone 1 high and level (red), tone 2 rising (orange), tone 3 falling then rising (green), tone 4 falling (blue). tone 1 tone 2 tone 3 tone 4 Time Pitch

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