蟊贼 | máo zéi | insect that damages cereal crop seedlings / (lit. and fig.) vermin / a person harmful to the country and the people | |
蠹虫 | dù chóng | moth / harmful person / vermin | |
害兽 | hài shòu | vermin / harmful animal | |
敌害 | dí hài | pest / vermin / animal that is harmful to crops or to another species / enemy / predator | |
吸血鬼 | xī xuè guǐ | leech / bloodsucking vermin / vampire (translated European notion) / fig. cruel exploiter, esp. a capitalist exploiting the workers | |
平抑 | píng yì | to stabilize / to keep (prices, vermin etc) under control | |
蛀虫 | zhù chóng | insect that eats into wood, books, clothes etc / fig. vermin |