虱

shī

sh+ī·1st tone

louse

Radical: 虫 Strokes: 8

Structure: Top-right surroundFrequency: Level 2 character

Same radical

虫蛇蛮蛋蚁蜡融蜜螺蝉蚕虾

Same radical

虫蛇蛮蛋蚁蜡融蜜螺蝉蚕虾蟠蜀蟹

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Character Decomposition

Etymology

insect

Meanings

louse

shī

louse

shī

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Words with 虱 56 total

tick · bedbug壁虱bì shī louse (Pediculus humanus)虱子shī zi head lice头虱tóu shī catfish (family Clariidae)塘虱táng shī bedbug床虱chuáng shī tick (zoology)扁虱biǎn shī woodlouse木虱mù shī crab louse; pubic louse阴虱yīn shī body louse体虱tǐ shī milkfish (Chanos chanos)虱目鱼shī mù yú (lit.) when covered with lice, one doesn't feel the itching anymore (idiom) · (fig.) to be past worrying (about sth)虱多不痒shī duō bù yǎng (lit.) when covered with lice, one doesn't feel the itching anymore, and when up to one's ears in debt, one ceases to worry about it (saying) · (fig.) to be past worrying (about sth)虱子多了不痒，债多了不愁shī zi duō le bù yǎng , zhài duō le bù chóu

Idioms with 虱 7 total Chain

(idiom) to talk while picking lice from one's clothes; fig. to speak leisurely and without fear扪虱而谈mén shī ér tán (lit.) when covered with lice, one doesn't feel the itching anymore (idiom) · (fig.) to be past worrying (about sth)虱多不痒shī duō bù yǎng

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