敌百虫

敵百蟲

díbǎichóng

noun

Meanings

HSK 6

敌百虫有毒，用的时候要戴手套。

Díbǎichóng yǒudú, yòng de shíhou yào dài shǒutào.

Trichlorfon is poisonous, so wear gloves when you use it.

HSK 7-9

鱼塘里常用少量的敌百虫杀死寄生虫。

Yútáng lǐ cháng yòng shǎoliàng de díbǎichóng shāsǐ jìshēngchóng.

Small doses of trichlorfon are often used in fish ponds to kill parasites.

memory

敌 'enemy' + 百 'hundred' + 虫 'insect': the enemy of a hundred insects. Pesticide names are often coined this way: dichlorvos is 敌敌畏.

敌 dí

百 bǎi

虫 chóng