蛀虫

Traditional form:

蛀蟲

Pinyin (reading):

zhùchóng

Definitions:

• insect that eats into wood, books, clothes etc
• fig. vermin

Characters:

• 蛀 - termite, bookworm; to bore, to eat into
• 虫 - insect, worm; mollusk

Traditional characters:

• 蛀 - termite, bookworm; to bore, to eat into
• 蟲 - insect, worm; mollusk