noun

Meanings

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

Examples

Fùbǎn de yùyán fěngcì tāndéwúyàn de rén.
The fable of the fù-bǎn beetle satirizes people who are greedy and never stop accumulating.
Fùbǎn bùtíng de wǎng bèishàng duī dōngxi, zhídào bèi yāsǐ.
The fù-bǎn beetle keeps piling things on its back until it is crushed.

Tips

history
survives only in 蝜蝂, the burden-bearing beetle in Liu Zongyuan's Tang-dynasty fable 蝜蝂传 — a creature that loads its back until it is crushed, mocking insatiable greed.

Components

radical
chóng
insect; bug
('insect') on the left marks as a small creature — here the burden-bearing beetle of the fable.
phonetic
to carry on the back; burden
('to bear a load') gives the sound fù and, fittingly, its very meaning — this is the beetle that piles burdens on its own back.

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