蚕茧
蚕茧蠶繭 cán jiǎn ㄘㄢˊ ㄐㄧㄢˇ caam4 gaan2
- silkworm cocoon
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蚕
- 家蚕家蠶 jiā cán ㄐㄧㄚ ㄘㄢˊ gaa1 caam4 the common silkworm (Bombyx mori)
- 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)
茧
- 作茧作繭 zuò jiǎn ㄗㄨㄛˋ ㄐㄧㄢˇ zok3 gaan2 to make a cocoon
- 茧子繭子 jiǎn zi ㄐㄧㄢˇ ˙ㄗ gaan2 zi2 callus (patch or hardened skin)
- 老茧老繭 lǎo jiǎn ㄌㄠˇ ㄐㄧㄢˇ lou5 gaan2 callus (patch or hardened skin)
- 重茧重繭 chóng jiǎn ㄔㄨㄥˊ ㄐㄧㄢˇ thick callus
- 蚕茧纸蠶繭紙 cán jiǎn zhǐ ㄘㄢˊ ㄐㄧㄢˇ ㄓˇ caam4 gaan2 zi2 paper made from silkworm cocoons
- 作茧自缚作繭自縛 zuò jiǎn zì fù ㄗㄨㄛˋ ㄐㄧㄢˇ ㄗˋ ㄈㄨˋ zok3 gaan2 zi6 bok3 to spin a cocoon around oneself (idiom); enmeshed in a trap of one's own devising
Idioms with these characters
- 抽丝剥茧抽絲剝繭 chōu sī bō jiǎn ㄔㄡ ㄙ ㄅㄛ ㄐㄧㄢˇ lit. to unwind the silk thread from the cocoon (idiom)
- 破茧成蝶破繭成蝶 pò jiǎn chéng dié ㄆㄛˋ ㄐㄧㄢˇ ㄔㄥˊ ㄉㄧㄝˊ lit. to break through a cocoon and turn into a butterfly (idiom)
- 造茧自缚造繭自縛 zào jiǎn zì fù ㄗㄠˋ ㄐㄧㄢˇ ㄗˋ ㄈㄨˋ zou6 gaan2 zi6 bok3 to spin a cocoon around oneself (idiom); enmeshed in a trap of one's own devising
- 作茧自缚作繭自縛 zuò jiǎn zì fù ㄗㄨㄛˋ ㄐㄧㄢˇ ㄗˋ ㄈㄨˋ zok3 gaan2 zi6 bok3 to spin a cocoon around oneself (idiom); enmeshed in a trap of one's own devising