cán jiǎn

Traditional: 蠶繭

蚕茧 (cán jiǎn) is a Chinese word meaning “silkworm cocoon”.

Meanings

  1. 1silkworm cocoon

Characters in 蚕茧

蚕cán · silkworm茧jiǎn · (bound form) cocoon

Related words

茧(bound form) cocoon茧variant of 繭|茧[jian3]蚕食(lit. and fig.) to nibble away at作茧自缚to spin a cocoon around oneself (idiom); enmeshed in a trap of one's own devising老茧callus (patch or hardened skin)蚕silkworm茧子callus (patch or hardened skin)蚕丝natural silk (secreted by silkworm)蚕豆broad bean (Vicia faba); fava bean桑蚕silkworm蚕食鲸吞lit. to nibble like a silkworm or swallow like a whale (idiom)养蚕to raise silkworms

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