fei1 ngo4飛蛾飞蛾
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Definition
Moth
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How it's used
While 蛾 is the formal term for moth, 飛蛾 is the standard way to refer to them in everyday speech. It emphasizes the insect's habit of fluttering or flying towards light sources. The term is often associated with the idiom 飛蛾撲火, which describes someone recklessly rushing into danger.
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Common phrases
like a moth to a flame
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Grammar guides
- Directional complementsThe small words added after a verb to show direction of movement, like up, down, out, in, and back. Common in everyday Cantonese.
- DemonstrativesThis and that with 呢 and 嗰, the personal pronouns, and how 哋 turns I, you, and he into we, you all, and they.
- Resultative complementsSticking a result word onto a verb to show how it turned out, like eat until full or look and find. A productive everyday pattern.
