Chinese Word: 蜉 - Talking Chinese English Dictionary

蜉

Pinyin: fú

English Definition: (dragon fly); (large ant); (wasp)

Chinese Definition:
①(蜉蝣)昆虫，幼虫生在水中，成虫褐绿色，有翅两对，在水面飞行。成虫生存期极短，交尾产卵后即死。
②(蚍蜉)见“蚍”。

Total strokes: 13; Radical: 虫

Pictophonetic:孚 indicates the sound; 虫 (insect) conveys the meaning.

Character Formation:

⿰ Left to right
- 虫 [ chóng ] insect, worm; mollusk
- 孚 [ fú ] to brood over eggs; to have confidence

Similar Characters: 捊

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蜉蝣	fú yóu	mayfly
蚍蜉	pí fú	a type of large ant
蚍蜉撼树	pí fú hàn shù	lit. an ant trying to shake a tree; to overrate oneself (idiom)
蚍蜉撼大树	pí fú hàn dà shù	lit. an ant trying to shake a big tree (idiom); fig. to overrate one's own strength; also written 蚍蜉撼树
撼树蚍蜉	hàn shù pí fú	lit. an ant trying to shake a tree; to overrate oneself (idiom)

1		jì 寄 fú 蜉 yú 于 tiān dì 天地， xiū 羞 zuò 做 shì sú 世俗 rén 人。 Send Fu in heaven and earth, and Shame do ordinary people.
2		xì 细 cháng 裳 fú 蜉 kē 科 fú yóu 蜉蝣 gè tǐ 个体 jiào xiǎo 较小， duì 对 běn kē 本科 de 的 yán jiū 研究 yòu 又 xiāng duì 相对 jiào 较 shēn rù 深入， hěn duō 很多 qíng kuàng xià 情况下 yào 要 yòng dào 用到 jí 极 xì wēi 细微 jié gòu 结构 tè zhēng 特征。 The body size of leptophlebiid mayflies are usually very small, many microscopical and SEM structures have been employed in previous work.