蠹蟲

Chinese

		bookworm; Lepisma saccharina	animal; insect
trad. (蠹蟲)		蠹	蟲
simp. (蠹虫)		蠹	虫

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): dùchóng

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄨˋ ㄔㄨㄥˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): dou³ cung⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: dùchóng
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄨˋ ㄔㄨㄥˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: dùchóng
    • Wade–Giles: tu⁴-chʻung²
    • Yale: dù-chúng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: duhchorng
    • Palladius: дучун (dučun)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tu⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʰʊŋ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: dou³ cung⁴
    • Yale: dou chùhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dou³ tsung⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: dou³ cung⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tou̯³³ t͡sʰʊŋ²¹/

Noun

蠹蟲

1. insect that eats into books, clothing, etc.
2. (figuratively) bookworm; book lover; bibliophile
3. (figuratively) bad element

   • 這樣的人不過是革命隊伍中的蠹蟲，革命人民實在不需要這樣的「歌者」。 [MSC, trad.]
     这样的人不过是革命队伍中的蠹虫，革命人民实在不需要这样的「歌者」。 [MSC, simp.]

     From: 1942, 毛澤東 (Mao Zedong), 《在延安文藝座談會上的講話》 (Talks at the Yenan Forum on Literature and Art), 《毛澤東選集》. English translation based on the Foreign Languages Press edition

     Zhèyàng de rén bùguò shì gémìng duìwǔ zhōng de dùchóng, gémìng rénmín shízài bù xūyào zhèyàng de “gēzhě”. [Pinyin]

     Persons of this type are merely termites in the revolutionary ranks; of course, the revolutionary people have no need for these “singers”.

Synonyms

• (insect): (Hokkien) 剪蚻, 剪魚／剪鱼, 剪蟲／剪虫, 剪鼠, 剪魚仔／剪鱼仔, 蛀龜仔／蛀龟仔