苍蝇 cāngying housefly
怎么记住“苍蝇”: 苍 dark blue + 蝇 fly = housefly.
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用法
- A housefly - 苍蝇乱飞 (cāngying luàn fēi) flies buzzing everywhere.
- Note the light tone cāngying; measure word 只. A byword for something annoying and unclean.
- In anti-corruption talk, 老虎苍蝇一起打 = go after both 'tigers' (big offenders) and 'flies' (petty ones).