insect; bug
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Meanings
1 sense · 5 examplesnoun
insect; bug; small creature
informalA general term for insects and other small, often crawling, animals. Commonly used in everyday speech.
Cài菜
yè叶
shàng上
yǒu有
yī一
tiáo条
lǜ绿
sè色
de的
chóng虫
zi子
。
There is a green bug on the vegetable leaf.
Tā他
cóng从
xiǎo小
jiù就
hái害
pà怕
xiǎo小
chóng虫
zi子
。
He has been afraid of small bugs since he was a child.
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Zuó昨
wǎn晚
yǒu有
zhī只
chóng虫
zi子
fēi飞
jìn进
wǒ我
fáng房
jiān间
le了
。
A bug flew into my room last night.
Zhè这
xiē些
chóng虫
zi子
bǎ把
shù树
yè叶
dōu都
chī吃
guāng光
le了
。
These insects have eaten all the leaves.
Bié别
cǎi踩
nà那
zhī只
chóng虫
zi子
，
ràng让
tā它
zǒu走
ba吧
。
Don't step on that bug, let it go.