Usage of the character 蠹
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蠹
[蠹]
- insect that eats into books, clothing etc
- moth-eaten
- worm-eaten
xiǎodù
小蠹
[小蠹]
- bark beetle (zoology)
guódù
国蠹
[國蠹]
- traitor
- public enemy
dùzhèng
蠹政
[蠹政]
- parasitic government
shūdù
书蠹
[書蠹]
- bookworm (literal and figurative)
- book louse
- pedant
dùlì
蠹吏
[蠹吏]
- corrupt officials
lùdù
禄蠹
[祿蠹]
- sinecurist
dùhài
蠹害
[蠹害]
- to harm
- to endanger
méidù
霉蠹
[霉蠹]
- to become mildewed and worm-eaten (of books)
- to mildew and rot
dùbì
蠹弊
[蠹弊]
- malpractice
- abuse
- corrupt practice
dùjiǎn
蠹简
[蠹簡]
- old worm-eaten books
chǐdù
齿蠹
[齒蠹]
- tooth decay
dùchóng
蠹虫
[蠹蟲]
- moth
- harmful person
- vermin
dùzhù
蠹蛀
[蠹蛀]
- to be moth-eaten
- to be worm-eaten
xiǔdù
朽蠹
[朽蠹]
- to decay and be eaten by worms etc
- to overhoard grain so that it rots
jùdù
巨蠹
[巨蠹]
- public enemy number one
qǔdù
龋蠹
[齲蠹]
- rotten teeth
mùdù
木蠹
[木蠹]
- wood moth
- carpenter moth
- CL:隻／只 (zhī)
zīdù
淄蠹
[淄蠹]
- to be worn out
dùyú
蠹鱼
[蠹魚]
- silverfish
- CL:隻／只 (zhī)
shādùyào
杀蠹药
[殺蠹藥]
- mothicide
dùyúzi
蠹鱼子
[蠹魚子]
- silverfish
- CL:隻／只 (zhī)
mùdù'é
木蠹蛾
[木蠹蛾]
- wood moth
- carpenter moth
- CL:隻／只 (zhī)
qièdùjiǎ
窃蠹甲
[竊蠹甲]
- drugstore beetle
- CL:隻／只 (zhī)
hùshūbùdù
户枢不蠹
[戶樞不蠹]
- lit. a door hinge never becomes worm-eaten
- constant activity prevents decay (idiom)
dùzhòngmùzhé
蠹众木折
[蠹眾木折]
- Danger appears where many harmful factors exist. (idiom)
píngguǒdù'é
苹果蠹蛾
[蘋果蠹蛾]
- codling moth
- codlin moth
dùguóhàimín
蠹国害民
[蠹國害民]
- to rob the state and hurt the people (idiom)
tiáobānqièdù
条斑窃蠹
[條斑竊蠹]
- furniture beetle
liúshuǐbùfǔ,hùshūbùdù
流水不腐，户枢不蠹
[流水不腐，戶樞不蠹]
- lit. flowing water does not rot, nor a door-hinge rust (idiom)
- fig. constant activity prevents decay