Cantonese · Jyutping
Mandarin · Pinyin
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- moth
- insect that eats into books, clothing etc
- insects which eat into cloth
- moth-eaten
- worm-eaten
Words containing 蠹
- 小蠹siu2 dou3
bark beetle (zoology)
- 書蠹syu1 dou3
bookworm (literal and figurative)
- 蠹蟲dou3 cung4
moth
- 蠹害dou3 hoi6
to harm
- 齒蠹ci2 dou3
(archaic) tooth decay
- 蠹吏dou3 lei6
corrupt officials
- 國蠹gwok3 dou3
traitor
- 蠹魚dou3 jyu4
silverfish
- 蠹政dou3 zing3
parasitic government
- 蠹簡dou3 gaan2
old worm-eaten books
- 巨蠹geoi6 dou3
public enemy number one
- 祿蠹luk6 dou3
sinecurist
- 蠹弊dou3 bai6
malpractice
- 霉蠹mui4 dou3
- 蠹魚子dou3 jyu2 zi2
silverfish
- 朽蠹nau2 dou3
to decay and be eaten by worms etc
- 蠹蛀dou3 zyu3
to be moth-eaten
- 淄蠹zi1 dou3
to be worn out
- 殺蠹藥saat3 dou3 joek6
- 竊蠹甲sit3 dou3 gaap3
- 蠹國害民dou3 gwok3 hoi6 man4
to rob the state and hurt the people (idiom)
- 木蠹蛾muk6 dou3 ngo4
wood moth
- 戶樞不蠹wu6 syu1 bat1 dou3
lit. a door hinge never becomes worm-eaten
- 蘋果蠹蛾pan4 gwo2 dou3 ngo4
codling moth (Cydia pomonella)