蟊贼

Traditional form:

蟊賊

Pinyin (reading):

máozéi

Definitions:

• insect that damages cereal crop seedlings
• (lit. and fig.) vermin
• a person harmful to the country and the people

Characters:

• 蟊 - Spanish fly; grain-eating grub
• 贼 - thief, traitor; cunning, sly

Traditional characters:

• 蟊 - Spanish fly; grain-eating grub
• 賊 - thief, traitor; cunning, sly