蠹 dù
dù
noun
moth; an insect that eats into books, clothing etc
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Unihan '蠹')
Contained in
- 蠹鱼子(蠹魚子) silverfish
- 蠹简(蠹簡) old worm-eaten books
- 狡蠹 to deceive and harm
- 桂蠹 insects from the osmanthus tree ; an official salary accepted in bad faith
- 齿蠹(齒蠹) tooth decay
- 杀蠹药(殺蠹藥) mothicide
- 禄蠹(祿蠹) sinecurist
- 户枢不蠹(戶樞不蠹) a door hinge never becomes worm-eaten; constant activity prevents decay
- 蠹众木折(蠹眾木折) Danger appears where many harmful factors exist.
- 淄蠹 to be worn out
- 蠹国害民(蠹國害民) to rob the state and hurt the people
- 小蠹 bark beetle
- 蠹鱼(蠹魚) silverfish
- 蠹政 parasitic government
- 朽蠹 to decay and be eaten by worms etc; to overhoard grain so that it rots
- 霉蠹 to become mildewed and worm-eaten (of books); to mildew and rot
- 苹果蠹蛾(蘋果蠹蛾) codling moth; codlin moth
- 木蠹 wood moth; carpenter moth
- 条斑窃蠹(條斑竊蠹) furniture beetle
- 流水不腐，户枢不蠹(流水不腐，戶樞不蠹) flowing water does not rot, nor a door-hinge rust; constant activity prevents decay
- 国蠹(國蠹) traitor; public enemy
- 蠹蛀 to be moth-eaten; to be worm-eaten
- 蠹虫(蠹蟲) moth; harmful person; vermin
- 蠹害 to harm; to endanger
- 蠹吏 corrupt officials
- 木蠹蛾 wood moth; carpenter moth
- 窃蠹甲(竊蠹甲) drugstore beetle
- 龋蠹(齲蠹) rotten teeth
- 巨蠹 public enemy number one
- 蠹弊 malpractice; abuse; corrupt practice
- 书蠹(書蠹) bookworm (literal and figurative); book louse; pedant
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- 卷二百三十五 列傳第一百二十三 王汝訓 余懋學 張養蒙 孟一脈 何士晉 王德完 蔣允儀 鄒維璉 Volume 235 Biographies 123: Wang Ruxun, Yu Maoxue, Zhang Yangmeng, Meng Yimai, He Shijin, Wang Dewan, Jiang Yunyi, Zou Weilian History of Ming 明史 — count: 15
- 卷六 Scroll 6 Discourses on Salt and Iron 鹽鐵論 — count: 8
- 卷三 秦一 Chapter 3: Qin I Stratagems of the Warring States 戰國策 — count: 6
- 卷一百八十九 列傳第七十七 李文祥 孫磐 胡爟 羅僑 葉釗 戴冠 黃鞏 陸震 夏良勝 何遵 Volume 189 Biographies 77: Li Wenxiang, Sun Pan, Hu Guan, Luo Qiao, Ye Zhao, Dai Guan, Huang Gong, Lu Zhen, Xia Liangsheng, He Zun History of Ming 明史 — count: 4
- 卷五 本紀第五: 宣帝 Volume 5: Emperor Xuan Book of Chen 陳書 — count: 3
- 卷一百七十九 志第一百三十二 食貨下一 Volume 179 Treatises 132: Finance and Economics 2a History of Song 宋史 — count: 3
- Full Text Canon of Supreme Mystery 太玄經 — count: 3
- 《老子韓非列傳》 Biographies of Laozi and Han Fei Records of the Grand Historian 史記 — count: 3
- 卷一百七十三 列傳第六十: 崔斌 崔彧 葉李 燕公楠 馬紹 Volume 173 Biographies 60: Cui Bin, Cui Yu, Ye Li, Yan Gongnan, Ma Shao History of Yuan 元史 — count: 3
- 卷四百〇五 列傳第一百六十四 李宗勉 袁甫 劉黻 王居安 Volume 405 Biographies 164: Li Zongmian, Yuan Fu, Liu Fu, Wang Juan History of Song 宋史 — count: 3
Collocations
- 蠹耗 (蠹耗) 蠹耗生靈 — Old Book of Tang 舊唐書, 卷十八上 本紀第十八上: 武宗 Volume 18 Annals 18: Wuzong — count: 9
- 民蠹 (民蠹) 以為民蠹 — Book of Jin 晉書, 卷七十三 列傳第四十三 庾亮 Volume 73 Biographies 43: Yu Liang — count: 8
- 耗蠹 (耗蠹) 計司以為耗蠹中華 — Old History of the Five Dynasties 舊五代史, 卷四十 唐書16: 明宗本紀六 Volume 40 Book of Later Tang 16: Mingzong Annals 6 — count: 6
- 侵蠹 (侵蠹) 侵蠹貧下 — Book of Wei 魏書, 卷114 釋老志十 Volume 114: Treatise 10 - Buddhism and Daoism — count: 5
- 成蠹 (成蠹) 反以成蠹 — Book of Southern Qi 南齊書, 卷五十四 列傳第三十五 高逸 Volume 54 Biographies 35: Hermits — count: 5
- 奸蠹 (奸蠹) 小人奸蠹 — Book of Later Han 後漢書, 卷三十四 梁統列傳 Volume 34: Biography of Liang Tong — count: 4
- 五蠹 (五蠹) 人主不除此五蠹之民 — Han Feizi 韓非子, 五蠹第四十九 Chapter 49: Five Vermin — count: 4
- 凶蠹 (兇蠹) 時凶蠹旣除 — Book of Northern Qi 北齊書, 卷一 補帝紀第一 神武帝上 Volume 1 Annals 1: Emperor Shenwu 1 — count: 3
- 腐蠹 (腐蠹) 咸恐其腐蠹絕滅 — Mozi 墨子, 卷八 明鬼下 Book 8 - On Ghosts III — count: 3
- 蠹时政 (蠹時政) 累蠹時政 — Book of Song 宋書, 卷九十四 列傳第五十四 恩倖 Volume 94 Biographies 54: En Xing — count: 3