Usage of the character 蟻
yǐ
蚁
[蟻]
- ant
yǐsuān
蚁酸
[蟻酸]
- formic acid
yǐqiū
蚁丘
[蟻丘]
- anthill
bīngyǐ
兵蚁
[兵蟻]
- soldier ant
- dinergate
cányǐ
蚕蚁
[蠶蟻]
- newly hatched silkworm
yǐliè
蚁䴕
[蟻鴷]
- (bird species of China) Eurasian wryneck (Jynx torquilla)
lóuyǐ
蝼蚁
[螻蟻]
- lit. mole cricket and ants
- fig. tiny individuals with no power
yǐzú
蚁族
[蟻族]
- "ant tribe", college graduates who endure cramped living conditions while trying to develop a career
mǎyǐ
蚂蚁
[螞蟻]
- ant
yǐquán
蚁醛
[蟻醛]
- formaldehyde (HCHO)
báiyǐ
白蚁
[白蟻]
- termite
- white ant
hónghuǒyǐ
红火蚁
[紅火蟻]
- fire ant (Solenopsis invicta), an introduced species in China
shíyǐshòu
食蚁兽
[食蟻獸]
- ant-eater (several different species)
mǎyǐyāo
蚂蚁腰
[螞蟻腰]
- (coll.) tiny waist
mǎyǐshàngshù
蚂蚁上树
[螞蟻上樹]
- "ants climbing a tree", a Sichuan dish made with cellophane noodles 粉絲／粉丝 (fěnsī) and ground meat (so called because the particles of meat clinging to the noodles look like ants on the twigs of a tree)
- (sex position) man standing, woman clinging to his upper body
- (erotic massage) full-body licking
Mǎyǐ Jīnfú
蚂蚁金服
[螞蟻金服]
- Ant Financial Services Group, an affiliate company of Alibaba 阿里巴巴 ( Alǐbābā)
yǐdòuwōzhēng
蚁斗蜗争
[蟻鬥蝸爭]
- lit. the ant fights, the snail contends (idiom); fig. petty squabbling
rúyǐfùshān
如蚁附膻
[如蟻附膻]
- like ants pursuing a stink (idiom); the mob chases the rich and powerful
- the crowd runs after trash
règuōshangdemǎyǐ
热锅上的蚂蚁
[熱鍋上的螞蟻]
- (like) a cat on a hot tin roof
- anxious
- agitated
qiānlǐzhīdī,huǐyúyǐxué
千里之堤，毁于蚁穴
[千里之堤，毀於蟻穴]
- see 千里之堤，潰於蟻穴／千里之堤，溃于蚁穴 (qiānlǐzhīdī,kuìyúyǐxué)
qiānlǐzhīdī,kuìyúyǐxué
千里之堤，溃于蚁穴
[千里之堤，潰於蟻穴]
- lit. an ant hole may cause the collapse of a great dike (idiom)
- fig. huge damage may result from a moment's negligence