lóu gū

Traditional: 螻蛄

蝼蛄 (lóu gū) is a Chinese word meaning “mole cricket; Gryllolaptaptidae, family of burrowing insects of order Orthoptera (a serious agricultural pest)”.

Meanings

  1. 1mole cricket
  2. 2Gryllolaptaptidae, family of burrowing insects of order Orthoptera (a serious agricultural pest)

Characters in 蝼蛄

蝼lóu · see 螻蛄|蝼蛄[lou2 gu1]蛄gǔ · used in 蝲蛄[la4 gu3]

Related words

蝼蚁lit. mole cricket and ants天蝼mole cricket蛞蝼mole cricket (Gryllotalpa)蝼蛄科Gryllolaptaptidae family of burrowing insects of order Orthoptera蝼see 螻蛄|蝼蛄[lou2 gu1]虾蛄mantis shrimp蛄used in 蝲蛄[la4 gu3]蝲蛄crayfish蝲蝲蛄mole cricket蟪蛄Platypleura kaempferi, a kind of cicada蟪蛄不知春秋lit. short-lived cicada does not know the seasons; fig. to see only a small piece of the big picture拉拉蛄variant of 蝲蝲蛄[la4 la4 gu3]

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