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蟊贼

máo zéi

2-character word Traditional 蟊賊

What 蟊贼 means

1. insect that damages cereal crop seedlings
2. (lit. and fig.) vermin
3. a person harmful to the country and the people

The characters in 蟊贼

• 蟊máoSpanish fly; grain-eating grub
• 贼zéithief; robber; (bound form) traitor; subversive; (bound form) evil; wicked

Sounds the same

Read máo zéi, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 毛贼thief