钻心虫

鑽心蟲

zuānxīnchóng

noun

Meanings

HSK 5

今年玉米的钻心虫特别多，农民忙着打药。

Jīnnián yùmǐ de zuānxīnchóng tèbié duō, nóngmín máng zhe dǎyào.

There are a lot of borers in the maize this year, and the farmers are busy spraying.

HSK 7-9

钻心虫会钻进庄稼的茎里。

Zuānxīnchóng huì zuānjìn zhuāngjia de jīng lǐ.

Stem borers burrow into the stems of crops.

usage

A farmers' name, not one species: it covers the larvae of several moths, such as the rice stem borers, 螟虫, and the corn borer, 玉米螟. Also called 蛀心虫.

钻 zuān

心 xīn

虫 chóng