蚕 (蠶) cán
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cán
noun
silkworm
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Zoology , Concept: Insect 昆虫
Notes: (CC-CEDICT '蠶'; Guoyu '蠶' n; Unihan '蠶'; Wikipedia '蠶') -
cán
verb
to raise silkworms
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Guoyu '蠶' v)
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- 草石蚕(草石蠶) Chinese artichoke; Stachys sieboldii
- 蚕农(蠶農) sericulturist
- 殭蚕(殭蠶) stiff silkworms
- 蚕沙(蠶沙) silkworm guano (excrement)
- 蚕茧纸(蠶繭紙) paper made from silkworm cocoons
- 蚕茧(蠶繭) silkworm cocoon
- 蚕种(蠶種) silkworm eggs
- 蚕蚁(蠶蟻) newly hatched silkworm
- 养蚕(養蠶) to raise silkworms
- 蚕蛾(蠶蛾) a silk moth
- 家蚕(家蠶) the common silkworm
- 蚕子(蠶子) silkworm eggs
- 蚕眠(蠶眠) a silkworm's period of inactivity prior to molting
- 蚕丝(蠶絲) natural silk
- 桑蚕(桑蠶) silkworm
- 蚕豆症(蠶豆症) G6PD deficiency
- 白僵蚕(白殭蠶) the larva of silkworm with batrytis
- 蚕薄(蠶薄) tray of straw for raising silkworms
- 养蚕业(養蠶業) silk industry
- 蚕丛(蠶叢) Can Cong, legendary creator of silk and sericulture
- 蚕蛹(蠶蛹) silkworm chrysalis; pupa
- 蚕宝宝(蠶寶寶) silkworm
- 蚕豆(蠶豆) broad bean (Vicia faba); fava bean
- 蚕纸(蠶紙) paper on which silkworm lays its eggs
- 蚕箔(蠶箔) tray of straw for raising silkworms; fig. sericulture
- 蚕菜(蠶菜) Malabar spinach; Basella alba
- 蚕食(蠶食) to nibble away at (as silkworm consume leaves); fig. to embezzle progressively
- 卧蚕(臥蠶) plump lower eyelids (considered to be an attractive feature)
- 沙蚕(沙蠶) genus Nereis, with species including the sandworm and the clam worm
- 蚕山(蠶山) silkworm nest (bundle of straw etc provided for silkworm to spin their cocoons)
- 蚕蔟(蠶蔟) silkworm nest (bundle of straw etc provided for silkworm to spin their cocoons)
- 柘蚕(柘蠶) silkworms fed on Chinese mulberry leaves
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- 蚕桑 (蠶桑) 民之通於蠶桑 — Guanzi 管子, 山權數第七十五 Chapter 75: Methods for Administering Mountain Areas — count: 14
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- 蚕麦 (蠶麥) 今年蠶麥傷 — Book of Han 漢書, 卷七 昭帝紀 Volume 7: Annals of Emperor Zhao — count: 5
- 劝蚕 (勸蠶) 省婦使以勸蠶事 — The Book of Rites 禮記, 《月令》 Proceedings of Government in the Different Months — count: 5
- 蚕事 (蠶事) 省婦使以勸蠶事 — The Book of Rites 禮記, 《月令》 Proceedings of Government in the Different Months — count: 5
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