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粘虫

nián chóng

2-character word Traditional 粘蟲

What 粘虫 means

1. army worm (e.g. Mythimna separata or Leucania separata etc, major cereal pests)

The characters in 粘虫

• 粘zhānto glue; to paste; to adhere; to stick to
• 虫chónglower form of animal life, including insects, insect larvae, worms and similar creatures…

Sounds the same

Read nián chóng, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 黏虫armyworm (Mythimna separata)

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