茧 | [ jiǎn ] cocoon, callus |
茧子 | [ jiǎn zi ] callus (patch or hardened skin), corns (on feet), also 趼子 |
茧 | [ jiǎn ] variant of 繭|茧[jian3] |
⇒ 作茧 | [ zuò jiǎn ] to make a cocoon |
⇒ 作茧自缚 | [ 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 |
⇒ 信息茧房 | [ xìn xī jiǎn fáng ] (Internet) echo chamber, filter bubble |
⇒ 抽丝剥茧 | [ choū sī baō jiǎn ] lit. to spin silk from cocoons, fig. to make a painstaking investigation (idiom) |
⇒ 破茧成蝶 | [ 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 |
⇒ 老茧 | [ laǒ jiǎn ] callus (patch or hardened skin), corns (on feet), also 老趼 |
⇒ 蚕茧 | [ cán jiǎn ] silkworm cocoon |
⇒ 蚕茧纸 | [ cán jiǎn zhǐ ] paper made from silkworm cocoons |
⇒ 造茧自缚 | [ 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 |