Character
HSK | 6 |
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FREQUENCY | 2517th character |
RADICAL | ⾍ (142.3) |
STROKES | 9 |
INDEX # | 1499 |
TRADITIONAL | 蟻 |
ants
HSK 6
#2517
DEFINITIONS
- ants
- ant
STROKES
WORDS
蚂蚁 mǎ yǐ | ant |
白蚁 bái yǐ | termite; white ant |
蝼蚁 lóu yǐ | lit. mole cricket and ants; fig. tiny individuals with no power |
食蚁兽 shí yǐ shòu | ant-eater (several different species) |
兵蚁 bīng yǐ | soldier ant; dinergate |
千里之堤,溃于蚁穴 qiān lǐ zhī dī , kuì yú yǐ xué | an ant hole may cause the collapse of a great dike (idiom); huge damage may result from a moment's negligence |
如蚁附膻 rú yǐ fù shān | like ants pursuing a stink (idiom); the mob chases the rich and powerful; the crowd runs after trash |
热锅上的蚂蚁 rè guō shang de mǎ yǐ | (like) a cat on a hot tin roof; anxious; agitated |
红火蚁 hóng huǒ yǐ | fire ant (Solenopsis invicta), an introduced species in China |
蚂蚁上树 mǎ yǐ shàng shù | "ants climbing a tree", a Sichuan dish made with cellophane noodles 粉絲|粉丝[fen3 si1] and ground meat (so called because the particles of meat clinging to the noodles look like ants on the twigs of a tree); (sex position) man standing, woman clinging to his upper body; (erotic massage) full-body licking |
蚂蚁腰 mǎ yǐ yāo | (coll.) tiny waist |
蚂蚁金服 mǎ yǐ jīn fú | Ant Financial Services Group, an affiliate company of Alibaba 阿里巴巴[A1 li3 ba1 ba1] |
蚁丘 yǐ qiū | anthill |
蚁族 yǐ zú | "ant tribe", college graduates who endure cramped living conditions while trying to develop a career |
蚁酸 yǐ suān | formic acid |
蚁斗蜗争 yǐ dòu wō zhēng | lit. the ant fights, the snail contends (idiom); fig. petty squabbling |
蚁䴕 yǐ liè | (bird species of China) Eurasian wryneck (Jynx torquilla) |
蚕蚁 cán yǐ | newly hatched silkworm |
骨之蚁 gǔ zhī yǐ | ant that eats bones; metaphorical expression for a terrifying, bone-chilling feeling |
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