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soldier ant / dinergate
Ant Check Later, consumer credit service offered by Ant Financial Services 螞蟻金服|蚂蚁金服
a type of large ant
"ant tribe", college graduates who endure cramped living conditions while trying to develop a career
lit. heart like a frisky monkey, mind like a cantering horse (idiom); fig. capricious (derog.) / to have ants in one's pants / hyperactive / adventurous and uncontrollable
Hymenoptera (insect order including ants and bees)
lit. an ant hole may cause the collapse of a great dike (idiom) / fig. huge damage may result from a moment's negligence
ant
lit. an ant trying to shake a tree (idiom) / fig. to overrate oneself; to overestimate one's capabilities
queen ant
ant nest
lit. mole cricket and ants / fig. tiny individuals with no power
ant nest
lit. an ant trying to shake a big tree (idiom) / fig. to overrate one's own strength / also written 蚍蜉撼樹|蚍蜉撼树
worker ant
fire ant (Solenopsis invicta), an introduced species in China
like ants pursuing a stink (idiom); the mob chases the rich and powerful / the crowd runs after trash
ant-eater (several different species)
pangolin (Manis pentadactylata) / scaly ant-eater
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *蟻* | 蟻* | *蟻
ant
Ant Financial Services Group, an affiliate company of Alibaba 阿里巴巴
termite / white ant
pangolin (Manis pentadactylata) / scaly ant-eater
ant nest
pangolin (Manis pentadactylata) / scaly ant-eater
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *蚳* | 蚳* | *蚳
ant eggs
ant nest
lit. the ant fights, the snail contends (idiom); fig. petty squabbling
ant bite (swollen, itchy bump) / anthill; ant mound; (metonym) ant nest
pangolin (Manis pentadactylata) / scaly ant-eater
"ants climbing a tree", a Sichuan dish made with cellophane noodles 粉絲|粉丝 and ground meat (so called because the particles of meat clinging to the noodles look like ants on the twigs of a tree) / (sex position) man standing, woman clinging to his upper body / (erotic massage) full-body licking
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *螘* | 螘* | *螘
ant / variant of 蟻|蚁


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