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"to be moth-eaten" Chinese-English Dictionary

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Chinese Pinyin Translation
蠹蛀 dù zhù to be moth-eaten / to be worm-eaten
Chinese Pinyin Translation
飞蛾 飛蛾 fēi é moth syn
吃法 chī fǎ way of eating / how something is eaten / how a dish is prepared / the way a dish is to be cooked
蛾子 é zi moth syn
蟹黄 蟹黃 xiè huáng the ovary and digestive glands of a female crab (eaten as a delicacy)
汤圆 湯圓 tāng yuán boiled or deep-fried balls of glutinous rice flour, usually eaten during Lantern Festival syn
飞蛾扑火 飛蛾撲火 fēi é pū huǒ the moth flies into the flame / fatal attraction
糟糠 zāo kāng chaff, husks, distillers' dregs etc (food eaten by the poor) / (fig.) rubbish / junk / (abbr. for 糟糠妻[zao1 kang1 qi1]) wife who goes through the hardships of poverty with her husband syn
腊八粥 臘八粥 là bā zhōu Laba congee, ceremonial rice porridge dish eaten on the 8th day of the 12th month in the Chinese calendar
蛾 é (bound form) moth syn
蠹 dù insect that eats into books, clothing etc / moth-eaten / worm-eaten syn
樟脑丸 樟腦丸 zhāng nǎo wán camphor balls / moth balls 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
尺蠖 chǐ huò looper caterpillar, larva of moth in family Geometridae / inch worm
酒足饭饱 酒足飯飽 jiǔ zú fàn bǎo to have eaten and drunk to one's heart's content
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
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]
旡 jì choke on something eaten
朽蠹 xiǔ dù to decay and be eaten by worms etc / to overhoard grain so that it rots
蠹简 蠹簡 dù jiǎn old worm-eaten books
霉蠹 méi dù to become mildewed and worm-eaten (of books) / to mildew and rot
饱绽 飽綻 bǎo zhàn to swell to bursting (after having eaten too much)
下酒菜 xià jiǔ cài dish that goes well with alcoholic drinks / snack eaten with drinks
手抓羊肉 shǒu zhuā yáng ròu hand-held mutton (mutton pieces on the bone, eaten with the fingers)
毛鸭蛋 毛鴨蛋 máo yā dàn balut (boiled duck egg with a partly-developed embryo, which is eaten from the shell)
鸭仔蛋 鴨仔蛋 yā zǐ dàn balut (boiled duck egg with a partly-developed embryo, which is eaten from the shell)
𩠌 餸 sòng dish of food, usu. to be eaten with rice (Cantonese)
蚛 zhòng (literary) (of a worm or insect) to nibble / to bite / worm-eaten
尺蠖蛾 chǐ huò é moth in family Geometridae
樟脑球 樟腦球 zhāng nǎo qiú camphor balls / moth balls
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)
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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