?虫

[randall_flagg 12]

My friend said that she was turning into a regular 跟屁虫 just following me around all day long. That expression just cracked me up! I've also been called 放屁虫。。。I mean I've heard OTHER people been referred to as 放屁虫,haha!

What other ?虫 combinations are commonly used?

Thanks,

Randall

[skylee 1,911]

垃圾蟲

淫蟲 / 老淫蟲

[曉xiao 10]

鼻涕虫

大懒虫

书虫

[skylee 1,911]

大蟲 (tiger)

[Tommi 11]

糊涂虫

[xiaocai 235]

长虫

[jianshen79 10]

Hey,放屁虫 seems never to be used in my life since i'm a native speaker Chinese. I suggest not use that phrase when commicating with Chinese. Well, 跟屁虫 is quite often used between very close persons as a joke or when you are really very angry with the one who follows you all day long, say,别像个跟屁虫似的跟着我, the tone of which is too strong to be used usually.

However, there's is an example of 虫 often used by us Chinese:

肚子里的蛔虫：to know sb. very much so as to speak out what he is thinking of

[randall_flagg 12]

well, 放屁虫 is used by my chinese friends

[Guoke 45]

毛毛虫 - 蝴蝶的宝宝

寄生虫 - 依赖别人为生的人

网虫 - 沉迷于互联网的人

酒虫 - 嗜酒的人

还有...

肉虫 - 在床上......的两条肉虫

[Guoke 45]

可怜虫

[randall_flagg 12]

I like 肉虫！

[skylee 1,911]

蛀米大蟲

[ABCinChina 15]

蟲八怪！

Edit: Ok, I made this one up but thought that it sounded so right!

Edited July 30, 2008 by ABCinChina

[Guoke 45]

What's 虫八怪？ Have you mistaken 丑八怪 for 虫八怪？

Some more 虫s：

蛀书虫 - a bookworm

大懒虫

小懒虫

臭屁虫

瞌睡虫 - 爱打瞌睡的人

应声虫 - a yes-man

[randall_flagg 12]

Thanks for all your input, everyone!