蚱

grasshopper

at first / suddenly / abruptly / to spread / (of hair) to stand on end / bristling

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

(dialect) locust / grasshopper

grasshopper

grasshopper

lit. even a locust provides some nourishment (idiom) / fig. it's better than nothing

see 一條繩上的螞蚱|一条绳上的蚂蚱[yi1 tiao2 sheng2 shang4 de5 ma4 zha5]

lit. grasshoppers tied together with a piece of string (idiom) / fig. people who are in it together for better or worse / people who will sink or swim together