蛋逼 Origin — Dong Chinese Dictionary

dànbī

chat idly

dàn eggs

Phonosemantic compound. 虫 represents the meaning and 延 represents the sound.

yán delay

Change in sound

蛋 and 延 don't sound similar in modern Mandarin due to historical phonetic changes. They were more similar in Old Chinese.
蛋 l'aːns
延 *la[n]

虫 Meaning component

chóng bug, insect

	Old Chinese
Zhengzhang	l'aːns

Phonosemantic compound. 辶 represents the meaning and 畐 represents the sound. Simplified form of 偪.

辶 Meaning component

chuò walk

辶 is a component form of 辵.

畐 Sound component

fú, bì to fill

Regular Modern

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近也。从辵畐聲。