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毒蟲
ㄉㄨˊ ㄔㄨㄥˊ
“poisonous insect; venomous bug”
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毒
ㄉㄨˊ
Poison; venom; poisonous substance; to poison; malicious; cruel; fierce; narcotics; to resent; to harm or damage; to kill with poison.
蟲
ㄔㄨㄥˊ
Insects, worms, or other crawling creatures; can refer to animals generally in ancient usage; also used figuratively for a contemptible person or as a surname.
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- 毒品ㄉㄨˊ ㄆㄧㄣˇdrugs; narcotics; addictive, mind-altering substances such as heroin, cocaine, methamphetamine, and cannabis, illegal in most jurisdictions.
- 病毒ㄅㄧㄥˋ ㄉㄨˊvirus; a microscopic infectious agent that replicates inside living cells; (computing) malware that replicates and spreads between computers
- 昆蟲ㄎㄨㄣ ㄔㄨㄥˊinsect; a general term for bugs and insects.
- 吸毒ㄒㄧ ㄉㄨˊto take drugs; to use narcotics; to be drug-addicted
- 中毒ㄓㄨㄥ ㄉㄨˊpoisoning; toxic exposure; to be poisoned; to be intoxicated by a substance; (fig.) to be obsessed with or addicted to something
- 幼蟲ㄧㄡˋ ㄔㄨㄥˊ(entomology) larva; the early developmental stage of an insect or other invertebrate, before metamorphosis.
- 消毒ㄒㄧㄠ ㄉㄨˊto disinfect; to sterilize; to kill or remove harmful microorganisms
- 螢火蟲ㄧㄥˊ ㄏㄨㄛˇ ㄔㄨㄥˊfirefly; glowworm; lightning bug; small flying beetle whose abdomen glows at night; beneficial to agriculture by eating pests
- 有毒ㄧㄡˇ ㄉㄨˊpoisonous; toxic; venomous; (slang) toxic, describing a person or relationship that is emotionally harmful or damaging
- 販毒ㄈㄢˋ ㄉㄨˊto traffic drugs; to sell narcotics such as heroin, opium, or marijuana for profit.
- 腸病毒ㄔㄤˊ ㄅㄧㄥˋ ㄉㄨˊenterovirus; a group of viruses that can cause hand, foot, and mouth disease; common in children in Taiwan during summer outbreaks.
- 毒性ㄉㄨˊ ㄒㄧㄥˋthe property of a poisonous substance that harms health; toxicity; the degree of harm from a toxic substance.