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Meaning of 茧

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茧 (Trad.: 繭)
Pinyin: jiǎn
English Definition: cocoon; callus
Chinese Definition:
①某些昆虫的幼虫在变成蛹之前吐丝做成的壳:蚕茧。茧眉(形容女子秀美的眉毛)。
②同“趼”。
Total strokes: 9; Radical: 艸
Ideographic:A silk cocoon 艹 spun by a worm 虫
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Example Words
蚕茧 cán jiǎn silkworm cocoon
老茧 lǎo jiǎn callus (patch or hardened skin); corns (on feet); also 老趼
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
茧子 jiǎn zi callus (patch or hardened skin); corns (on feet); also 趼子
抽丝剥茧 chōu sī bāo jiǎn lit. to spin silk from cocoons; fig. to make a painstaking investigation (idiom)
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Example Sentences
1
这是蚕结的茧
。
It's a silkworm cocoon.
2
毛毛虫必须经过茧的阶段才能变成蝴蝶
。
A caterpillar must pass through the cocoon stage to become a butterfly.
3
从蛹的埋葬里破茧而出能让人得到人类复活一样的灵感
。
Its emergence from entombment as a chrysalis may have inspired ideas about human resurrection.
4
看到这里
,
老人决定帮助蝴蝶
。
于是他找出一把剪刀
,
把茧剩余的部分剪破了
。
Then the man decided to help the butterfly, so he took a pair of scissors and snipped off the remaining bit of the cocoon.
5
这时
,
老人决定帮助这只蝴蝶
。
于是他拿出一把剪刀
,
把茧剩余的部分剪破了
。
Then the man decided to help the butterfly, so he took a pair of scissors and snipped off the remaining bit of the cocoon.