萤火虫

螢火蟲
yínghuǒchóng
  1. firefly
  2. glowworm
  3. lightning bug

CEDICT

firefly; lightning bug; glowworm

Wiktionary

动物名。夏日生于水边，长三分许，能飞，夜间腹部会发出燐光，故称为「萤火虫」。食害虫，有益于农事。

重編國語辭典

鞘翅目萤科昆虫的总称，其中多数腹部会发出燐光

維基詞典

Entry Composition

1 萤火 yínghuǒ
  1. light of firefly
  2. fairy light
=2 虫 chóng variant of 虫 chóng
=2 虫 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

Containing this entry

萤火虫儿 yínghuǒchóngr

Related entries

流萤 liúyíng firefly
獜 lín firefly
蚈 qiān (arch.) firefly
萤 yíng
  1. firefly
  2. glow-worm
萤焰 yíngyàn
  1. light of firefly
  2. firefly