蟻

ant

surname Yi / (Tw) abbr. for 義大利|义大利[Yi4 da4 li4], Italy

justice / righteousness / meaning / foster (father etc) / adopted / artificial (tooth, limb etc) / relationship / friendship

variant of 蟲|虫[chong2]

lower form of animal life, including insects, insect larvae, worms and similar creatures / CL:條|条[tiao2],隻|只[zhi1] / (fig.) person with a particular undesirable characteristic

ant

termite / white ant

lit. mole cricket and ants / fig. tiny individuals with no power

(like) a cat on a hot tin roof / anxious / agitated

fire ant (Solenopsis invicta), an introduced species in China

"ants climbing a tree", a Sichuan dish made with cellophane noodles 粉絲|粉丝[fen3 si1] 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

(coll.) tiny waist

Ant Financial Services Group, an affiliate company of Alibaba 阿里巴巴[A1 li3 ba1 ba1]

anthill

"ant tribe", college graduates who endure cramped living conditions while trying to develop a career

formic acid

formaldehyde (HCHO)

lit. the ant fights, the snail contends (idiom); fig. petty squabbling

(bird species of China) Eurasian wryneck (Jynx torquilla)

newly hatched silkworm

see 千里之堤，潰於蟻穴|千里之堤，溃于蚁穴[qian1 li3 zhi1 di1 , kui4 yu2 yi3 xue2]

lit. an ant hole may cause the collapse of a great dike (idiom) / fig. huge damage may result from a moment's negligence

soldier ant / dinergate

an ant hole may cause the collapse of a great dike (idiom) / huge damage may result from a moment's negligence

like ants pursuing a stink (idiom); the mob chases the rich and powerful / the crowd runs after trash