dù
蠹 (dù) is a Chinese word meaning “insect that eats into books, clothing etc; moth-eaten; worm-eaten”.
Meanings
- 1insect that eats into books, clothing etc
- 2moth-eaten
- 3worm-eaten
Related words
蠹虫moth书蠹bookworm (literal and figurative)国蠹traitor小蠹bark beetle (zoology)巨蠹public enemy number one户枢不蠹lit. a door hinge never becomes worm-eaten木蠹蛾wood moth朽蠹to decay and be eaten by worms etc流水不腐，户枢不蠹lit. flowing water does not rot, nor a door-hinge rust (idiom)淄蠹to be worn out禄蠹sinecurist苹果蠹蛾codling moth (Cydia pomonella)