家蚕
家蚕家蠶 jiā cán ㄐㄧㄚ ㄘㄢˊ gaa1 caam4
- the common silkworm (Bombyx mori)
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Character breakdown
More words with these characters
家
- 人家 rén jiā ㄖㄣˊ ㄐㄧㄚ jan4 gaa1 household
- 作家 zuò jiā ㄗㄨㄛˋ ㄐㄧㄚ zok3 gaa1 author
- 家伙傢伙 jiā huo ㄐㄧㄚ ˙ㄏㄨㄛ variant of 家伙[jia1 huo5]
- 儒家 Rú jiā ㄖㄨˊ ㄐㄧㄚ jyu4 gaa1 Confucian school, founded by Confucius 孔子[Kong3 zi3] (551-479 BC) and Mencius 孟子[Meng4 zi3] (c. 372-c. 289 BC)
- 全家 quán jiā ㄑㄩㄢˊ ㄐㄧㄚ cyun4 gaa1 whole family
- 分家 fēn jiā ㄈㄣ ㄐㄧㄚ fan1 gaa1 to separate and live apart
蚕
- 春蚕春蠶 Chūn cán ㄔㄨㄣ ㄘㄢˊ ceon1 caam4 Silkworms in Spring (1933), Chinese silent movie in socialist realist style, based on novel by Mao Dun 茅盾[Mao2 Dun4]
- 柘蚕柘蠶 zhè cán ㄓㄜˋ ㄘㄢˊ ze3 caam4 silkworms fed on the leaves of the 柘[zhe4] tree
- 桑蚕桑蠶 sāng cán ㄙㄤ ㄘㄢˊ song1 caam4 silkworm
- 沙蚕沙蠶 shā cán ㄕㄚ ㄘㄢˊ saa1 caam4 genus Nereis, with species including the sandworm and the clam worm
- 卧蚕臥蠶 wò cán ㄨㄛˋ ㄘㄢˊ ngo6 caam4 plump lower eyelids (considered to be an attractive feature)
- 蚕丛蠶叢 Cán Cóng ㄘㄢˊ ㄘㄨㄥˊ caam4 cung4 Can Cong, legendary creator of silk and sericulture
Idioms with these characters
- 安家立业安家立業 ān jiā lì yè ㄢ ㄐㄧㄚ ㄌㄧˋ ㄧㄝˋ on1 gaa1 laap6 jip6 stable household, established profession (idiom); settled and comfortably off
- 百家争鸣百家爭鳴 bǎi jiā zhēng míng ㄅㄞˇ ㄐㄧㄚ ㄓㄥ ㄇㄧㄥˊ baak3 gaa1 zang1 ming4 a hundred schools of thought contend (idiom); refers to the classical philosophic schools of the Warring States period 475-221 BC
- 白手起家 bái shǒu qǐ jiā ㄅㄞˊ ㄕㄡˇ ㄑㄧˇ ㄐㄧㄚ baak6 sau2 hei2 gaa1 (idiom) to build up from nothing; to start from scratch
- 半路出家 bàn lù chū jiā ㄅㄢˋ ㄌㄨˋ ㄔㄨ ㄐㄧㄚ bun3 lou6 ceot1 gaa1 lit. to enter monastic life at a mature age (idiom)
- 保家卫国保家衛國 bǎo jiā wèi guó ㄅㄠˇ ㄐㄧㄚ ㄨㄟˋ ㄍㄨㄛˊ bou2 gaa1 wai6 gwok3 guard home, defend the country (idiom); national defense