Character
HSK | Not in HSK |
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FREQUENCY | 3608th character |
RADICAL | ⾋ (140.6) |
STROKES | 9 |
INDEX # | 1409 |
TRADITIONAL | 繭 |
cocoon; callus, blister
#3608
DEFINITIONS
茧 jiǎn |
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STROKES
WORDS
作茧自缚 zuò jiǎn zì fù | to spin a cocoon around oneself (idiom); enmeshed in a trap of one's own devising; hoist by his own petard |
老茧 lǎo jiǎn | callus (patch or hardened skin); corns (on feet); also 老趼 |
茧子 jiǎn zi | callus (patch or hardened skin); corns (on feet); also 趼子 |
作茧 zuò jiǎn | to make a cocoon |
抽丝剥茧 chōu sī bāo jiǎn | lit. to spin silk from cocoons; fig. to make a painstaking investigation (idiom) |
破茧成蝶 pò jiǎn chéng dié | lit. to break through a cocoon and turn into a butterfly (idiom); fig. to emerge strong after a period of struggle; to get to a better place after going through difficult period |
蚕茧 cán jiǎn | silkworm cocoon |
蚕茧纸 cán jiǎn zhǐ | paper made from silkworm cocoons |
造茧自缚 zào jiǎn zì fù | to spin a cocoon around oneself (idiom); enmeshed in a trap of one's own devising; hoist with his own petard |
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