蝇

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fly; musca; CL:隻|只[zhi1]

Formation & memory

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Ideographic compound (会意字)

Insects 虫 that toads 黾 feed on

Components 虫黾

flies · Heisig RSH #2942

虫 insect + electrical outlet

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
蝇头小利	yíng tóu xiǎo lì	(idiom) meager profit; petty gain
无头苍蝇	wú tóu cāng ying	headless fly (a metaphor for sb who is rushing around frantically)
没头苍蝇	méi tóu cāng ying	see 無頭蒼蠅\|无头苍蝇[wu2 tou2 cang1 ying5]
苍蝇老虎	cāng ying lǎo hǔ	(coll.) jumping spider (which pounces on houseflies, hence the Chinese name)
苍蝇不叮无缝蛋	cāng ying bù dīng wú fèng dàn	lit. flies do not attack an intact egg (idiom); fig. no smoke without a fire
蝇子	yíng zi	housefly
家蝇	jiā yíng	house fly
如蝇逐臭	rú yíng zhú chòu	like flies pursuing a stink (idiom); the mob chases the rich and powerful; the crowd runs …
果蝇	guǒ yíng	fruit fly
捕蝇草	bǔ yíng cǎo	Venus flytrap (Dionaea muscipula)
苍蝇座	Cāng ying zuò	Musca (constellation)
蝇虎	yíng hǔ	jumping spider (family Salticidae)
狗苟蝇营	gǒu gǒu yíng yíng	see 蠅營狗苟\|蝇营狗苟[ying2 ying2 gou3 gou3]
蝇营狗苟	yíng yíng gǒu gǒu	(lit.) to swarm like flies around rotten food and drag out an ignoble existence like a dog…
毒蝇伞	dú yíng sǎn	fly Amanita or fly agaric (Amanita muscaria)
苍蝇拍	cāng ying pāi	flyswatter
苍蝇	cāng ying	housefly; CL:隻\|只[zhi1]
蝇蛆病	yíng qū bìng	myiasis
蝇蛆	yíng qū	fly larva; maggot