insect that damages cereal crop seedlings; (lit. and fig.) vermin; a person harmful to the country and the people
trad. 蟊賊
Also written 蟊賊【máo zéi】
Characters in this word
2蟊
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Spanish fly, grain-eating grub
- Pinyin
- máo
- Strokes
- 17
贼
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thief; robber, (bound form) traitor; subversive, (bound form) evil; wicked, sly; shifty; devious, (literary) to harm; to injure, (coll.) extremely; insanely; damn (common in NE China and Taiwan)
- Pinyin
- zéi
- Traditional
- 賊
- Strokes
- 10
- Frequency
- 4535 of 2500