霉蠹
méi dù
Pinyin

Definition

霉蠹
 - 
méi dù
  1. to become mildewed and worm-eaten (of books)
  2. to mildew and rot

Character Decomposition

Related Words (19)

倒霉
dǎo méi
  1. 1 to have bad luck
  2. 2 to be out of luck
发霉
fā méi
  1. 1 to become moldy
霉
méi
  1. 1 bacteria
  2. 2 fungi
  3. 3 moldy
霉气
méi qì
  1. 1 a moldy smell
  2. 2 damp and rotten
  3. 3 fig. rotten bad luck
霉素
méi sù
  1. 1 teichomycin
  2. 2 -mycin
霉菌
méi jūn
  1. 1 mold
霉运
méi yùn
  1. 1 ill luck
  2. 2 misfortune
黄曲霉
huáng qū méi
  1. 1 Aspergillus flavus (fungus typically found on crops)
倒霉蛋
dǎo méi dàn
  1. 1 (coll.) poor devil
  2. 2 unfortunate man
庆大霉素
qìng dà méi sù
  1. 1 gentamycin (antibiotic)
户枢不蠹
hù shū bù dù
  1. 1 lit. a door hinge never becomes worm-eaten
  2. 2 constant activity prevents decay (idiom)
氯霉素
lu:4 méi sù
  1. 1 chloramphenicol
  2. 2 chloromycetin
红霉素
hóng méi sù
  1. 1 erythromycin
蠹鱼
dù yú
  1. 1 silverfish
  2. 2 CL:隻|只[zhī]
触霉头
chù méi tóu
  1. 1 to cause sth unfortunate to happen (to oneself or sb else)
  2. 2 to do sth inauspicious
  3. 3 to have a stroke of bad luck
防霉
fáng méi
  1. 1 rot proof
  2. 2 resistance to rot
霉烂
méi làn
  1. 1 mold
  2. 2 rot
霉雨
méi yǔ
  1. 1 Asian rainy season
  2. 2 monsoon
  3. 3 (usually written 梅雨)
青霉素
qīng méi sù
  1. 1 penicillin

Idioms (4)

户枢不蠹
hù shū bù dù
  1. 1 lit. a door hinge never becomes worm-eaten
  2. 2 constant activity prevents decay (idiom)
流水不腐，户枢不蠹
liú shuǐ bù fǔ , hù shū bù dù
  1. 1 lit. flowing water does not rot, nor a door-hinge rust (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. constant activity prevents decay
蠹国害民
dù guó hài mín
  1. 1 to rob the state and hurt the people (idiom)
蠹众木折
dù zhòng mù zhé
  1. 1 Danger appears where many harmful factors exist. (idiom)

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