虫豸

蟲豸
chóngzhì
  1. insect or insect-like small creature (literary)
  2. base person (used as a curse word)

CEDICT

literary

Entry Composition

=1 虫 chóng variant of 虫 chóng
=1 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
2 豸 zhì
  1. worm-like invertebrate
  2. mythical animal (see 獬豸 xièzhì)
  3. radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 153)