- 蠹
- dùa kind of insect that eats into books, clothing, etc.; moth, moth-eaten; worm-eaten* * *moth【医】 moth* * *moth* * *dùn. bookworm, moth* * *du4insect that eats into books, clothing etc, moth-eaten, worm-eaten* * *蠹(??、螙、蠧)dù名(蠹虫) a kind of insect that eats into books, clothing, etc.; moth:木蠹 woodworm;书蠹 bookworm(姓氏) a surname:蠹克 Du Ke动(蛀) moth-eaten; worm-eaten:流水不腐, 户枢不蠹。 Running water is never stale and a door-hinge never gets worm-eaten.* * *蠹|蠹 [dù] ► insect that eats into books, clothing etc ► moth-eaten ► worm-eaten
Chinese-English dictionary. Academic. 2013.