chong zhòng tóng chóng

worms; insects

DEFINITIONS

蟲 chóng
  • lower form of animal life, including insects, insect larvae, worms and similar creatures
  • CL:條|条[tiao2],隻|只[zhi1]
  • person with a particular undesirable characteristic

WORDS

衝腦 jīng chóng chōng nǎo lit. the spermatozoons have gone to his head; fig. overwhelmed by lust
糊塗 hú tu chóng blunderer; bungler
紅鈴 hóng líng chóng pink bollworm; Pectinophora gassypiella
tāo chóng tapeworm
綱 tāo chóng gāng Cestoda (an order of flatworms)
絲盤 sī pán chóng Trichoplax adhaerens (biology)
wǎng chóng Internet addict
xiàn chóng nematode
肝吸 gān xī chóng liver fluke
胡塗 hú tu chóng blunderer; bungler; also written 糊塗蟲|糊涂虫
胭脂 yān zhī chóng cochineal insect
臭屁 chòu pì chóng stink bug
chòu chóng bedbug (Cimex lectularius); tick
茄二十八星瓢 qié èr shí bā xīng piáo chóng 28-spotted ladybird; hadda beetle; Henosepilachna vigintioctopunctata
wén chóng mosquito
yuán chóng Protura (soil dwelling primitive hexapod)
yá chóng greenfly (Aphis spp.); aphid
zhà chóng grasshopper
zhù chóng insect that eats into wood, books, clothes etc; fig. vermin
qū chóng maggot
huí chóng roundworm (Ascaris lumbricoides), a human parasite
病 huí chóng bìng ascariasis; infectation by parasitic roundworm Ascaris lumbricoides
huáng chóng locust
míng chóng boring insect; snout moth's larva (Aphomia gullaris or Plodia interpuncuella or Heliothus armigera etc), major agricultural pest
螢火 yíng huǒ chóng firefly; glowworm; lightning bug