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虱

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Definitions

  1. 1. louse

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小心 虱 子。
Source: Tatoeba.org

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Words Containing 虱

塘虱
táng shī

catfish (family Clariidae)

壁虱
bì shī

tick

扁虱
biǎn shī

tick (zoology)

木虱
mù shī

woodlouse

虱子多了不痒,债多了不愁
shī zi duō le bù yǎng , zhài duō le bù chóu

lit. covered with lice, one doesn't feel the itching anymore; up to one's ears in debt, one ceases to worry about it (idiom)

虱目鱼
shī mù yú

milkfish (Chanos chanos)

虱多不痒
shī duō bù yǎng

many fleas, but unconcerned (idiom); no point in worrying about one debt when one has so many others

虱子
shī zi

louse (Pediculus humanus)

头虱
tóu shī

head lice

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