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山 | shān | mountain; hill (CL:座[zuo4]) / (coll.) small bundle of straw for silkworms to spin cocoons on |
上山 | shàng shān | to climb a hill / to go to the mountains / (of silkworms) to go up bundles of straw (to spin cocoons) / to pass away / (of the sun or moon) to rise |
羽化 | yǔ huà | levitation (of Daoist immortal) / to become as light as a feather and ascend to heaven / (in Daoism) to become immortal / to die / of winged insects, to emerge from the cocoon in adult form / eclosion |
缫 | sāo | to reel silk from cocoons |
蚕茧 | cán jiǎn | silkworm cocoon |
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 | jiǎn | (bound form) cocoon / (bound form) callus (variant of 趼[jian3]) |
缲 | sāo | to reel silk from cocoons |
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 |
作茧 | zuò jiǎn | to make a cocoon |
吐丝自缚 | tǔ sī zì fù | to spin a cocoon around oneself (idiom); enmeshed in a trap of one's own devising / hoist with his own petard |
抽丝剥茧 | chōu sī bō jiǎn | lit. to unwind the silk thread from the cocoon (idiom) / fig. to unravel a mystery; to painstakingly follow the clues to eventually get to the bottom of the matter |
蚕茧纸 | cán jiǎn zhǐ | paper made from silkworm cocoons |
蚕蔟 | cán cù | small bundle of straw etc provided for silkworms to spin cocoons on |
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 |