抽丝 (抽絲) chōusī
chōusī
verb
to spin silk
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (CC-CEDICT '抽絲')
Contained in
- 抽丝剥茧(抽絲剝繭) to spin silk from cocoons; to make a painstaking investigation
- 病来如山倒,病去如抽丝(病來如山倒,病去如抽絲) sickness comes like a landslide, but goes slowly like spinning silk; expect to convalesce slowly
Word is mentioned most frequently in
Truncated for common words
- 《卷十四‧糸部》 Scroll 14, Mì Radical Shuo Wen Jie Zi 說文解字 — count: 1
- 第十二回 Chapter 12 Journey to the West 西遊記 — count: 1
- 第二回 Chapter 52 Dream of the Red Chamber 紅樓夢 — count: 1