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蝜

fù
noun

Meanings

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

Examples

蝜蝂的寓言讽刺贪得无厌的人。
Fùbǎn de yùyán fěngcì tāndéwúyàn de rén.
The fable of the fù-bǎn beetle satirizes people who are greedy and never stop accumulating.
蝜蝂不停地往背上堆东西，直到被压死。
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
蝜 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
虫 chóng
insect; bug
虫 ('insect') on the left marks 蝜 as a small creature — here the burden-bearing beetle of the fable.
phonetic
负 fù
to carry on the back; burden
负 ('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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蝜 fù