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虱
Louse
1. A small parasitic insect that lives on humans or livestock, sucks blood, and can transmit diseases.
1. A louse.
2. Head louse.
3. To view lice like a wheel (indicating relativity in size or the ability to perceive subtle distinctions).
4. Skillfully penetrated lice’s heart (praising someone’s exceptional skills).
2. Metaphor for harmful parasitic individuals or entities.
1. Corrupt officials (officials who harm the country and people).
虱
Louse shī
[ noun ]
1. Louse ([En.] louse).
2. Metaphor for harmfulness, malicious individuals ([En.] louses).
3. White spots that grow on fish ([En.] fish phthiriasis).
Examples:
1. Lice heart (the heart of a louse); lice drill (referring to the occurrence of louse disease); louse tumor (a tumor formed from lice residing on the skin); louse aggregates (referring to the disease caused by louse blockages in the body); louse poison (referring to a type of ancient sorcery said to be cultivated from lice); louse fortune (using lice to determine a patient's fortune or misfortune).
2. Louse officials (corrupt officials harming the populace).
3. Fish phthiriasis (symptoms of white or black spots on fish).
虱
Louse shī
[ verb ]
To lie on one's side; to place oneself sideways (English: place oneself; on one's side).
Reference:
1. Tang Dynasty - Han Yu's "The Official at the Cascade": “Is it possible there are lice in between, neither martial nor literary?”