"Insects" • Chinese-English Dictionary

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虫类 chóng lèi insects
二代 èr dài secondary / twice in the year (of generations of insects, harvests etc)
唧唧 jī jī (onom.) chirping of insects, sighing noise etc
鸣叫 míng jiào to emit a sound / (of birds, insects etc) to chirp, hoot etc / (of a siren, steam whistle etc) to sound
羽化 yǔ huà levitation (of Daoist immortal) / to become as light as a feather and ascend to heaven / (in Daoism) to become immortal / to die / of winged insects, to emerge from the cocoon in adult form / eclosion
虫害 chóng hài insect pest / damage from insects
惊蛰 Jīng zhé Jingzhe or Insects Wake, 3rd of the 24 solar terms 二十四節氣|二十四节气 / 6th-20th March
浸种 jìn zhǒng to soak seeds (in water, to hasten germination, or in a chemical solution, to prevent damage from insects etc)
蝼蛄 lóu gū mole cricket / Gryllolaptaptidae, family of burrowing insects of order Orthoptera (a serious agricultural pest)
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
外骨骼 wài gǔ gé exoskeleton (the carapace of insects, crabs etc)
虫灾 chóng zāi insect damage / destruction of crops by pest insects
蝉鸣 chán míng song of cicadas / chirping of insects
熰 ǒu copious smoke produced by smoldering firewood / half alight / to use the smoke of burning wormwood etc to repel insects
半翅目 bàn chì mù Hemiptera (suborder of order Homoptera, insects including cicadas and aphids)
启蛰 Qǐ zhé Waking from Hibernation / old variant of 驚蟄|惊蛰[Jing1 zhe2], Insects Wake, 3rd of the 24 solar terms 二十四節氣|二十四节气[er4 shi2 si4 jie2 qi5] 6th-20th March
蝼蛄科 lóu gū kē Gryllolaptaptidae family of burrowing insects of order Orthoptera / mole crickets
鸟虫书 niǎo chóng shū bird writing, a calligraphic style based on seal script 篆書|篆书[zhuan4 shu1], but with characters decorated as birds and insects
𬉼 ǒu copious smoke produced by smoldering firewood / half alight / to use the smoke of burning wormwood etc to repel insects
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