昆 虫 kūn chóng insect / CL:隻|只[zhi1],群[qun2],堆[dui1] 虫 子 chóng zi insect / bug / worm / CL:條|条[tiao2],隻|只[zhi1] 蝮 fù insect / poisonous snake (archaic) 病 虫 害 bìng chóng hài plant diseases and insect pests 害 虫 hài chóng injurious insect / pest 病 虫 bìng chóng plant diseases and insect pests 虫 害 chóng hài insect pest / damage from insects 成 虫 chéng chóng imago (adult, sexually mature insect, the final stage of its development) 蛀 虫 zhù chóng insect that eats into wood, books, clothes etc / fig. vermin 毒 虫 dú chóng poisonous insect (or spider etc) / (slang) junkie 飞 虫 fēi chóng flying insect / winged insect 蟊 贼 máo zéi insect that damages cereal crop seedlings / (lit. and fig.) vermin / a person harmful to the country and the people 须 xū beard / mustache / feeler (of an insect etc) / tassel 益 虫 yì chóng beneficial insect 螟 虫 míng chóng boring insect / snout moth's larva (Aphomia gullaris or Plodia interpuncuella or Heliothus armigera etc), major agricultural pest 益 鸟 yì niǎo beneficial bird (esp. one that preys on insect pests or mice) 虫 chóng lower form of animal life, including insects, insect larvae, worms and similar creatures / CL:條|条[tiao2],隻|只[zhi1] / (fig.) person with a particular undesirable characteristic 蛊 gǔ arch. legendary venomous insect / to poison / to bewitch / to drive to insanity / to harm by witchcraft / intestinal parasite 蠡 lǐ wood-boring insect 蠹 dù insect that eats into books, clothing etc / moth-eaten / worm-eaten 螟 míng boring insect / snout moth's larva (Aphomia gullaris or Plodia interpuncuella or Heliothus armigera etc), major agricultural pest 虿 chài (scorpion) / an insect 夏 虫 不 可 以 语 冰 xià chóng bù kě yǐ yǔ bīng a summer insect cannot discuss ice (idiom) 虫 灾 chóng zāi insect damage / destruction of crops by pest insects 打 虫 dǎ chóng to swat an insect / to get rid of intestinal parasite with drugs 疑 冰 yí bīng ignorant / doubt stemming from ignorance / (a summer insect has no word for ice, Zhuangzi 莊子|庄子[Zhuang1 zi3]) 病 虫 危 害 bìng chóng wēi hài insect or disease damage to crop 稚 虫 zhì chóng naiad / larva / developmental stage of insect 蚊 虫 叮 咬 wén chóng dīng yǎo insect bites 蛰 虫 zhé chóng dormant insect 蝈 螽 guō zhōng insect of the Gampsocleis genus (grasshoppers and crickets) / Gampsocleis sinensis 蝉 科 chán kē Cicadidae, homopterous insect family including cicada 虫 豸 chóng zhì insect or insect-like small creature (literary) / base person (used as a curse word) 钻 心 虫 zuān xīn chóng boring insect / snout moth's larva (Aphomia gullaris or Plodia interpuncuella or Heliothus armigera etc), major agricultural pest 马 氏 管 Mǎ shì guǎn Malpighian tubule system (in the insect digestive tract etc) 昆 虫 不 育 术 sterile insect technique 非 洲 区 域 昆 虫 学 研 究 生 方 案 fēi zhōu qū yù kūn chóng xué yán jiū shēng fāng àn African Regional Post-graduate Programme in Insect Science 国 际 昆 虫 生 理 学 和 生 态 学 中 心 International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology 蛀 食 木 材 昆 虫 wood-consuming insect 水 生 昆 虫 shuǐ shēng kūn chóng water-inhabiting insect 昆 虫 媒 介 kūn chóng méi jiè insect vector 媒 介 昆 虫 vector insect 杀 虫 器 insect killer 蚽 pí a kind of insect (old) 胭 脂 虫 yān zhī chóng cochineal insect 涂 白 剂 tú bái jì a white paint applied to tree trunks to protect the trees from insect damage etc 候 虫 hòu chóng seasonal insect (e.g. cicada) 瞌 睡 虫 kē shuì chóng mythological insect that makes people doze off / (fig.) drowsiness / (coll.) person who loves sleeping / sleepaholic