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Meaning of 蛆

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Pinyin:
English Definition: maggot
Chinese Definition:
①苍蝇的幼虫,白色,身体柔软,有环节,多生在粪便、腐肉等不洁的地方。
Total strokes: 11; Radical:
Pictophonetic: indicates the sound; (insect) conveys the meaning.
Character Formation:
  • Left to right
    • [ chóng ] insect, worm; mollusk
    • [ qiě ] moreover, also (post-subject); about to, will soon (pre-verb)
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Example Words
蛆虫 chóng maggot
粪蛆 fèn muckworm
如蛆附骨 lit. like maggots feeding on a corpse (idiom); fig. fixed on sth; to cling on without letting go; to pester obstinately
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Example Sentences
1
You vulgar little maggot.
2
Democritus thought bees spawned from the same source as maggots.
3
Uktena: They keep many secrets, which is not that different from lying. They dabble with the Wyrm too much.
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The maggots also provide a cool, pre-industrial expiration date.
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Cheese flies are allowed to lay their eggs, which hatch and start chewing their way through.