虫子 蟲子 chóng zi insect / bug / worm / CL:條|条[tiao2],隻|只[zhi1] syn 环节 環節 huán jié (zoology) segment (of the body of a worm, centipede etc) / (fig.) a part of an integrated whole: aspect (of a project), element (of a policy), sector (of the economy), stage (of a process) etc syn 寄生 jì shēng to live in or on another organism as a parasite / to live by taking advantage of others / parasitism / parasitic 蠕虫 蠕蟲 rú chóng worm 捷足先登 jié zú xiān dēng the quick-footed climb up first (idiom) / the early bird catches the worm / first come, first served syn 套话 套話 tào huà polite phrase / conventional greetings / cliché / to try to worm facts out of sb 衣原体 衣原體 yī yuán tǐ Chlamydia (genus of intracellular parasitic bacteria) 支原体 支原體 zhī yuán tǐ Mycoplasma (parasitic bacteria without cell wall) 蜗杆 蝸杆 wō gǎn worm (mechanical engineering) 菟丝子 菟絲子 tù sī zǐ dodder (Cuscuta sinensis, a parasitic vine with seeds used in medicine) 蜷 quán to curl up (like a scroll) / to huddle / Melania libertina / wriggle (as a worm) syn 萤 螢 yíng firefly / glow-worm syn 蠹 dù insect that eats into books, clothing etc / moth-eaten / worm-eaten syn 菟 tù dodder (Cuscuta sinensis, a parasitic vine with seeds having medicinal uses) / also called 菟絲子|菟丝子 蚩 chī ignorant / worm syn 环带 環帶 huán dài clitellum (worm anatomy) 吸虫 吸蟲 xī chóng trematoda / fluke / trematode worm, approx 6000 species, mostly parasite, incl. on humans 茑 蔦 niǎo parasitic mistletoe (Loranthus parasiticus), esp. on the mulberry 蠲 juān to deduct / to show / bright and clean / glow-worm / galleyworm / millipede syn 蜮 yù mythical creature / toad / worm 尺蠖 chǐ huò looper caterpillar, larva of moth in family Geometridae / inch worm 豸 zhì worm-like invertebrate / mythical animal (see 獬豸[xie4 zhi4]) / radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 153) 肙 yuān a small worm / to twist / to surround / empty 户枢不蠹 戶樞不蠹 hù shū bù dù lit. a door hinge never becomes worm-eaten / constant activity prevents decay (idiom) syn 环节动物 環節動物 huán jié dòng wù annelid (worm) 螠 yì echiuroid (spoon worm) 穷鼠啮狸 窮鼠嚙狸 qióng shǔ niè lí a desperate rat will bite the fox (idiom) / the smallest worm will turn being trodden on 蜗杆副 蝸桿副 wō gǎn fù worm-gear pair / worm drive / worm and worm gear 管圆线虫 管圓線蟲 guǎn yuán xiàn chóng "eel worm", a parasitic worm carrying meningitis 海肠子 海腸子 hǎi cháng zi (coll.) marine worm resembling intestines such as the spoon worm (echiuroid) or the peanut worm (Sipunculus nudus) 灭虫宁 滅蟲寧 miè chóng nìng bephenium, anti-parasitic worm medicine 计算机蠕虫 計算机蠕虫 jì suàn jī rú chóng computer worm / worm 蚛 zhòng (literary) (of a worm or insect) to nibble / to bite / worm-eaten 寄生生活 jì shēng shēng huó parasitism / parasitic existence 摩擦阻力 mó cā zǔ lì parasitic drag 尾蚴 wěi yòu tailed larva / Cercaria (microscopic larva of parasitic Miracidium flatworm) syn 立克次体 立克次體 lì kè cì tǐ Rickettsia (genus of intracellular parasitic bacteria) 罗汉病 羅漢病 luó hàn bìng snail fever (bilharzia or schistosomiasis), disease caused by schistosome parasitic flatworm 螉䗥 wēng zōng parasitic wasp (of bovine and equine animals) 蠹政 dù zhèng parasitic government 裂体吸虫 裂體吸蟲 liè tǐ xī chóng schistosome, parasitic flatworm causing snail fever (bilharzia or schistosomiasis) 寄生虫害 寄生蟲害 parasitic infestation 寄生虫病防治方桉 寄生蟲病防治方案 Parasitic Diseases Programme 短尾贼鸥 短尾賊鷗 duǎn wěi zéi ōu (bird species of China) parasitic jaeger (Stercorarius parasiticus) 雚菌 huán jūn a type of poisonous fungus that grows on reeds, used in Chinese medicine to help cure patients suffering from ascaris (parasitic worms) 蜱虫 蜱蟲 pí chóng tick (the parasitic arachnid) 虷 gān worm 吸虫纲 吸蟲綱 xī chóng gāng Class Trematoda / fluke / trematode worm, a parasite incl. on humans 沙蚕 沙蠶 shā cán genus Nereis, with species including the sandworm and the clam worm 粘虫 粘蟲 nián chóng army worm (e.g. Mythimna separata or Leucania separata etc, major cereal pests) 蟠尾丝虫 蟠尾絲蟲 pán wěi sī chóng Onchocerca volvulus, the filarial parasite worm causing "river blindness" or onchocerciasis, the second most common cause of blindness in humans 蟠尾丝虫症 蟠尾絲蟲症 pán wěi sī chóng zhèng "river blindness" or onchocerciasis, the second most common cause of blindness in humans, caused by the filarial parasite worm Onchocerca volvulus 蠹简 蠹簡 dù jiǎn old worm-eaten books 蠹蛀 dù zhù to be moth-eaten / to be worm-eaten 复殖吸虫 複殖吸蟲 fù zhí xī chóng digenetic trematode worm (i.e. from Order Digenea 複殖目|复殖目) 霉蠹 méi dù to become mildewed and worm-eaten (of books) / to mildew and rot 套近乎 tào jìn hū to worm one's way into being friends with sb (usually derogatory) syn 麦地那龙线虫 Guinea worm / Dracunculus medinensis 柱头虫 acorn worm 麦地那龙线虫病 麥地那龍線蟲病 Guinea worm disease / dracunculiasis 螺旋锥蝇行动组 螺旋錐蠅行動組 Screw-worm Action Group 多毛虫 多毛蟲 tube worm 蠉 xuān wriggler / mosquito larva / to crawl / to worm along 