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白蠟蟲

简白蜡虫 · 繁白蠟蟲

Mandarin · pinyin bái là chóng

Chinese white wax bug (Ericerus pela)

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白: bái · white; pure, unblemished; bright
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蟲: chóng · worms; insects
蜡: là · wax; candle; waxy, glazed; maggot; (same as 䄍) meaning imperial harvest
虫: chóng · insects, worms; Kangxi radical 142

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2–4–2 · bai2 la4 chong2

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noun

pela insect, Chinese wax scale (Ericerus pela)

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