蚂（螞）mǎ

（构词成分）: ～ 蜂 [- fēnɡ] hornet; wasp; ～ 蟥 [- huánɡ] leech; ～ 蚁 [- yǐ] ant
另见 see also mā; mà。
◆蚂蚁啃骨头 plod away at a big job bit by bit; (like) ants gnawing at a bone — a concentration of small machines on a big job; make huge machines with small machine tools; 蚂蚁缘槐 Ants climb up and down the locust — said of self-conceited people.; ants on the locust tree — little people inflated with pride