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Trad. 蠒
  • variant of 繭|茧[jian3]
Trad. 繭
  • (bound form) cocoon
  • (bound form) callus (variant of 趼[jian3])
Trad. 作繭
  • to make a cocoon
Trad. 老繭
  • callus (patch or hardened skin)
  • corns (on feet)
  • also 老趼
Trad. 蠶繭
  • silkworm cocoon
Trad. 繭子
  • callus (patch or hardened skin)
  • corns (on feet)
  • also 趼子
Trad. 重繭
  • thick callus
  • (literary) thick silkwaste padded clothes
Trad. 蠶繭紙
  • paper made from silkworm cocoons
Trad. 作繭自縛
  • to spin a cocoon around oneself (idiom); enmeshed in a trap of one's own devising
  • hoist by his own petard
Trad. 造繭自縛
  • to spin a cocoon around oneself (idiom); enmeshed in a trap of one's own devising
  • hoist with his own petard
Trad. 破繭成蝶
  • 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
Trad. 抽絲剝繭
  • 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

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