茧
cocoon; callus, blister; (bound form) cocoon; (bound form) callus (variant of 趼[jian3])
- Strokes
- 9
- Pinyin
- jiǎn
Parts
Words with 茧
- 作茧zuò jiǎn · zuojianto make a cocoon
- 茧子jiǎn zi · jianzicallus (patch or hardened skin); corns (on feet); also 趼子
- 老茧lǎo jiǎn · laojiancallus (patch or hardened skin); corns (on feet); also 老趼
- 蚕茧cán jiǎn · canjiansilkworm cocoon
- 重茧chóng jiǎn · chongjianthick callus; (literary) thick silkwaste padded clothes
- 蚕茧纸cán jiǎn zhǐ · canjianzhipaper made from silkworm cocoons
- 作茧自缚zuò jiǎn zì fù · zuojianzifuto spin a cocoon around oneself (idiom); enmeshed in a trap of one's own devising; hoist by his own petard
- 信息茧房xìn xī jiǎn fáng · xinxijianfang(Internet) echo chamber; filter bubble
- 抽丝剥茧chōu sī bō jiǎn · chousibojian(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
- 破茧成蝶pò jiǎn chéng dié · pojianchengdielit. 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
- 造茧自缚zào jiǎn zì fù · zaojianzifuto spin a cocoon around oneself (idiom); enmeshed in a trap of one's own devising; hoist with his own petard