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寄生

jì shēng

2-character word

What 寄生 means

1. to live in or on another organism as a parasite
2. to live by taking advantage of others
3. parasitism
4. parasitic

The characters in 寄生

• 寄jìto entrust; to place in sb's care; (bound form) to depend on; to attach oneself to…
• 生shēngto grow; to give birth; to produce; to be born; to arise; to occur; to light (a fire)

Example sentences

• 汤姆是个寄生虫。
  Tom is a parasite.
• 寄生在狗身上的跳蚤已被证明跳得比寄生在猫身上的高。
  It was proven that fleas living on dogs jump higher than fleas living on cats.
• 在北方的原始部落中，也存在着一种更野蛮的庆祝形式：他们点燃巨大的木柴，以纪念奥丁和托尔，并向祂们献祭人和牲畜。德鲁伊王子随后用金色镰刀从神圣的橡树上割下槲寄生。
  A more barbarous form of these rejoicings took place among the rude peoples of the north where great blocks of wood blazed in honor of Odin and Thor, and sacrifices of men and cattle were made to them. Mistletoe was cut then from the sacred oaks with a golden sickle by the Prince of the Druids.

Words starting with 寄生

• 寄生虫jì shēng chóngparasite (biology); (fig.) freeloader
• 寄生物jì shēng wùparasite
• 寄生者jì shēng zhěparasite (human)
• 寄生生活jì shēng shēng huóparasitic life (of an organism); (fig.) parasitic lifestyle (of a person)

Words containing 寄生

• 槲寄生hú jì shēngmistletoe

Sounds the same

Read jì shēng, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 计生planned childbirth; birth control; family planning
• 祭牲sacrificial animal