Results for “蝇”
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Frequency data: Cai & Brysbaert, SUBTLEX-CH (2010), Creative Commons Attribution. The data includes word forms with at least 10 occurrences in an older subtitle sample. It does not provide current frequency or HSK levels. Absence from the sample does not establish that a word is rare. Names, variants and restricted readings identified in the source appear after general-use entries within the same match type.
fruit fly
housefly
(lit.) to swarm like flies around rotten food and drag out an ignoble existence like a dog (idiom) / (fig.) to lead an undignified life / to resort to any means for personal gain
jumping spider (family Salticidae)
fly larva / maggot
myiasis
(idiom) meager profit / petty gain
like flies pursuing a stink (idiom) / the mob chases the rich and powerful / the crowd runs after trash
house fly
Venus flytrap (Dionaea muscipula)
fly Amanita or fly agaric (Amanita muscaria)
see 無頭蒼蠅|无头苍蝇[]
headless fly (a metaphor for sb who is rushing around frantically)
see 蠅營狗苟|蝇营狗苟[]
lit. flies do not attack an intact egg (idiom) / fig. no smoke without a fire
flyswatter
(coll.) jumping spider (which pounces on houseflies, hence the Chinese name)
Musca (constellation)