yíng
Traditional: 蠅
蝇 (yíng) is a Chinese word meaning “fly; musca; CL:隻|只[zhi1]”.
Meanings
- 1fly
- 2musca
- 3CL:隻|只[zhi1]
Related words
苍蝇housefly果蝇fruit fly苍蝇拍flyswatter蝇头小利(idiom) meager profit; petty gain蝇营狗苟lit. to swarm like flies around rotten food and drag out an ignoble existence like a dog (idiom)家蝇house fly如蝇逐臭like flies pursuing a stink (idiom); the mob chases the rich and powerful捕蝇草Venus flytrap (Dionaea muscipula)无头苍蝇headless fly (a metaphor for sb who is rushing around frantically)毒蝇伞fly Amanita or fly agaric (Amanita muscaria)苍蝇不叮无缝蛋lit. flies do not attack an intact egg (idiom)苍蝇老虎(coll.) jumping spider (which pounces on houseflies, hence the Chinese name)