茧 (繭) jiǎn
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jiǎn
noun
a cocoon
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: Specially of a silk worm (CC-CEDICT '繭'; Guoyu '繭' n 1; Mathews 1931 '繭', p. 116; Unihan '繭') -
jiǎn
noun
a blister; a callus
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (CC-CEDICT '繭'; Guoyu '繭' n 1; Unihan '繭')
Contained in
- 结茧(結繭) to make a cocoon
- 茧绸(繭綢) pongee made from wild silk thread
- 茧丝(繭絲) a silk thread ; to extort
- 蚕茧纸(蠶繭紙) paper made from silkworm cocoons
- 蚕茧(蠶繭) silkworm cocoon
- 茧虫(繭蟲) pupae
- 作茧(作繭) to make a cocoon
- 抽丝剥茧(抽絲剝繭) to spin silk from cocoons; to make a painstaking investigation
- 老茧(老繭) callus; corns
- 茧茧(繭繭) a low voice
- 手足重茧(手足重繭) blisters and rough skin on the hands and feet like a cocoon
- 茧衣(繭衣) outer layer of a silkworm cocoon ; silk clothes
- 作茧自缚(作繭自縛) to spin a cocoon around oneself; enmeshed in a trap of one's own devising
- 重茧(重繭) calluses on the hands and feet ; thick clothes
- 茧栗(繭栗) nascent horns of a calf or lamb ; a flower bud ; a new bamboo shoot
- 茧子(繭子) callus (patch or hardened skin); corns (on feet)
- 造茧自缚(造繭自縛) to spin a cocoon around oneself; enmeshed in a trap of one's own devising
Word is mentioned most frequently in
Truncated for common words
- 卷六十七 志第二十 五行五 Volume 67 Treatises 20: Five Elements 5 History of Song 宋史 — count: 11
- 卷十 深察名號第三十五 實性第三十六 諸侯第三十七 五行對第三十八 第三十九 第四十 Scroll 10 Luxuriant Dew of the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋繁露 — count: 9
- 卷94 閹官:宗愛 仇洛齊 段霸 王琚 趙黑 孫小 張宗之等 Volume 94: Eunuchs - Zong Ai, Chou Luoqi, Duan Ba, Wang Ju, Zhao Hei, Sun Xiao, Zhang Zongzhi, and others Book of Wei 魏書 — count: 5
- 《釋蟲》 Explanation of Insects Er Ya 爾雅 — count: 5
- 卷110 食貨志六 Volume 110 Treatise 6: Finance and Economics Book of Wei 魏書 — count: 5
- 賦篇第二十六 Chapter 26: Fu Poetry Xunzi 荀子 — count: 4
- 卷三十四 Scroll 34 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 4
- 《祭義》 The Meaning of Sacrifices The Book of Rites 禮記 — count: 3
- Full Text Canon of Supreme Mystery 太玄經 — count: 3
- 卷二 本紀第二 太宗 Volume 2 Annals 2: Taizong New Book of Tang 新唐書 — count: 3
Collocations
- 成茧 (成繭) 謂化而成繭也 — Xunzi 荀子, 賦篇第二十六 Chapter 26: Fu Poetry — count: 41
- 茧䌷 (繭紬) 繭紬縑練者 — Discourses on Salt and Iron 鹽鐵論, 卷六 Scroll 6 — count: 11
- 细茧 (細繭) 自後逃戶占為細繭羅縠者非一 — Book of Wei 魏書, 卷94 閹官:宗愛 仇洛齊 段霸 王琚 趙黑 孫小 張宗之等 Volume 94: Eunuchs - Zong Ai, Chou Luoqi, Duan Ba, Wang Ju, Zhao Hei, Sun Xiao, Zhang Zongzhi, and others — count: 8
- 独茧 (獨繭) 抴獨繭之褕袘 — Records of the Grand Historian 史記, 《司馬相如列傳》 Biography of Sima Xiangru — count: 6
- 累茧 (累繭) 若墨翟累繭救宋 — Book of Later Han 後漢書, 卷二十八上 桓譚馮衍列傳 Volume 28a: Biographies of Huan Tan; Feng Yan — count: 5
- 茧馆 (繭館) 春幸繭館 — Book of Han 漢書, 卷九十八 元后傳 Volume 98: Wang Zhengjun — count: 5
- 茧罗 (繭羅) 自後逃戶占為細繭羅縠者非一 — Book of Wei 魏書, 卷94 閹官:宗愛 仇洛齊 段霸 王琚 趙黑 孫小 張宗之等 Volume 94: Eunuchs - Zong Ai, Chou Luoqi, Duan Ba, Wang Ju, Zhao Hei, Sun Xiao, Zhang Zongzhi, and others — count: 4
- 献茧 (獻繭) 后妃獻繭 — The Book of Rites 禮記, 《月令》 Proceedings of Government in the Different Months — count: 4
- 治茧 (治繭) 蛾飛盡得治繭 — New Book of Tang 新唐書, 卷二百二十一上列傳第一百四十六上西域上 Volume 221a Biographies 146a: Western Regions 1 — count: 4
- 茧救 (繭救) 若墨翟累繭救宋 — Book of Later Han 後漢書, 卷二十八上 桓譚馮衍列傳 Volume 28a: Biographies of Huan Tan; Feng Yan — count: 4