蒼蠅

See also: 苍蝇

Chinese

 
dark blue; fly; musca
dark blue; fly; musca; deep green
fly; musca
trad. (蒼蠅) 蒼 蠅
simp. (苍蝇) 苍 蝇

Pronunciation


Noun

蒼蠅

  1. (literal) housefly; fly (Classifier: 隻/只 m)
    那些牛甩動著尾巴驅趕蒼蠅。 [MSC, trad.]
    那些牛甩动著尾巴驱赶苍蝇。 [MSC, simp.]
    Nàxiē niú shuǎidòngzhe wěiba qūgǎn cāngying. [Pinyin]
    The cattle were swinging their tails to disperse the flies.
  2. (figurative) low-ranking corrupt employee

Synonyms

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Derived terms

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