gecko; house lizard
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gecko; house lizard
Also known as 守宫 or 壁虎. In some northern dialects, also called 蝎虎子 (xiē hǔ zi). Unlike scorpions (蝎子), the first character 蝎 here is part of a compound for gecko.
Xiē蝎
hǔ虎
zài在
qiáng墙
shàng上
pá爬
xíng行
，
bǔ捕
shí食
wén蚊
chóng虫
。
The gecko crawls on the wall, catching mosquitoes and insects.
Zhè这
zhǒng种
xiē蝎
hǔ虎
shì是
běn本
dì地
cháng常
jiàn见
de的
wù物
zhǒng种
。
This type of gecko is a common species in the local area.
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Lǎo老
rén人
shuō说
xiē蝎
hǔ虎
zi子
huì会
zuān钻
ěr耳
duǒ朵
，
qí其
shí实
zhè这
shì是
mí迷
xìn信
。
Old people say geckos will crawl into ears, but this is actually superstition.