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茧
繭
jian3
- cocoon; callus
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茧
蠒
jian3
- variant of 繭|茧
| strokes | 9 | 
| radical |  | 
| strokes after radical | 6 | 
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蚕茧
蠶繭
can2 jian3
- silkworm cocoon
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蚕茧纸
蠶繭紙
can2 jian3 zhi3
- paper made from silkworm cocoons
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抽丝剥茧
抽絲剝繭
chou1 si1 bao1 jian3
- lit. to spin silk from cocoons; fig. to make a painstaking investigation (idiom)
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茧子
繭子
jian3 zi5
- callus (patch or hardened skin); corns (on feet); also 趼子
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老茧
老繭
lao3 jian3
- callus (patch or hardened skin); corns (on feet); also 老趼
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造茧自缚
造繭自縛
zao4 jian3 zi4 fu4
- to spin a cocoon around oneself (idiom); enmeshed in a trap of one's own devising; hoist with his own petard
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作茧
作繭
zuo4 jian3
- to make a cocoon
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作茧自缚
作繭自縛
zuo4 jian3 zi4 fu4
- to spin a cocoon around oneself (idiom); enmeshed in a trap of one's own devising; hoist by his own petard