| 繭 | [ jiǎn ] cocoon, callus |
| 繭子 | [ jiǎn zi ] callus (patch or hardened skin), corns (on feet), also 趼子 |
| ⇒ 作繭 | [ zuò jiǎn ] to make a cocoon |
| ⇒ 作繭自縛 | [ zuò jiǎn zì fù ] to spin a cocoon around oneself (idiom); enmeshed in a trap of one's own devising, hoist by his own petard |
| ⇒ 信息繭房 | [ xìn xī jiǎn fáng ] (Internet) echo chamber, filter bubble |
| ⇒ 抽絲剝繭 | [ choū sī baō jiǎn ] lit. to spin silk from cocoons, fig. to make a painstaking investigation (idiom) |
| ⇒ 破繭成蝶 | [ pò jiǎn chéng dié ] 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 |
| ⇒ 老繭 | [ laǒ jiǎn ] callus (patch or hardened skin), corns (on feet), also 老趼 |
| ⇒ 蠶繭 | [ cán jiǎn ] silkworm cocoon |
| ⇒ 蠶繭紙 | [ cán jiǎn zhǐ ] paper made from silkworm cocoons |
| ⇒ 造繭自縛 | [ zaò jiǎn zì fù ] to spin a cocoon around oneself (idiom); enmeshed in a trap of one's own devising, hoist with his own petard |