蝴蝶
hú dié
butterfly
CL:隻|只[zhi1]
insect (虫) + insect (虫) = butterfly, said twice for the flutter
Both characters carry the insect radical 虫, doubling down on the creature's nature. The remaining parts, 胡 and 枼, are purely phonetic — they give the sounds hú and dié, not the meaning.
花园里飞来了一只蝴蝶。
huā yuán lǐ fēi lái le yī zhī hú dié。
A butterfly flew into the garden.
那只蝴蝶的翅膀颜色很漂亮。
nà zhī hú dié de chì bǎng yán sè hěn piào liàng。
The wings of that butterfly are very beautiful in color.