1 stool

2 feces

3 ear wax

4 nasal mucus

1 to defecate

2 to shit

3 to crap

1 canine excrement

2 dog poo

3 bullshit

1 mantis

2 praying mantis

1 cockroach

1 to have endured all sorts of hardships (to raise one's children) (idiom)

1 lit. a piece of rat feces spoiled the whole pot of congee (idiom)

2 fig. one bad apple can spoil the whole bunch

1 lit. a piece of rat feces spoiled the whole pot of soup (idiom)

2 fig. one bad apple can spoil the whole bunch

1 lit. a dog can't stop himself from eating shit (idiom)

2 fig. bad habits are hard to change

1 the mantis stalks the cicada, unaware of the oriole behind (idiom, from Daoist classic Zhuangzi 莊子|庄子); to pursue a narrow gain while neglecting a greater danger