磕頭蟲

磕头虫
kētóuchóng
  1. (Shanghainese) one who lowers their head when sleeping upright
  2. click beetle; elater
  3. one who lowers their head when sleeping upright

Wiktionary

Entry Composition

1 磕頭 kētóu to kowtow (traditional greeting, esp. to a superior, involving kneeling and pressing one's forehead to the ground)
=2 蟲 chóng
  1. lower form of animal life, including insects, insect larvae, worms and similar creatures
  2. (fig.) person with a particular undesirable characteristic

classifiers: 條, 隻
=2 蟲 zhòng
  1. (obsolete, of insect) to bite; to eat
  2. to bite; to eat