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蝂

bǎn
noun

Meanings

  1. 1 (in 蝜蝂) a small insect from a classical fable that loads itself until it dies

Examples

蝜蝂遇到东西就捡起来背上。
Fùbǎn yùdào dōngxi jiù jiǎn qǐlái bēi shàng.
Whenever the fù-bǎn beetle meets something, it picks it up and adds it to its back.
老师常用蝜蝂的故事告诫学生不要盲目贪心。
Lǎoshī cháng yòng fùbǎn de gùshi gàojiè xuésheng búyào mángmù tānxīn.
Teachers often use the fù-bǎn fable to warn students against blind greed.

Tips

memory
蝂 pairs only with 蝜 as 蝜蝂, the greedy load-carrying beetle of a Tang fable. Learn the two characters together as one word and one story.

Components

radical
虫 chóng
insect; bug
虫 ('insect') on the left classifies 蝂 as a small creature — the fable beetle paired with 蝜.
phonetic
反 fǎn
to turn over; reverse (phonetic)
反 on the right is the phonetic; the reading shifted to bǎn. It carries no meaning in this word.

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蝂 bǎn