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Chinese
Pronunciation
Noun
米蟲
- rice weevil
- (figurative) good-for-nothing; freeloader
Synonyms
- (rice weevil): 米象 (mǐxiàng), 穀牛/谷牛 (gǔniú); (dialectal Mandarin, dialectal Wu) 牛子 (niúzǐ); (Hokkien) 米𧉟, 米蚼; (Wu) 米蛀蟲/米蛀虫
- (good-for-nothing): (Cantonese) 蛀米大蟲/蛀米大虫 (zyu5 mai5 daai6 cung4)