蚕蚁
cán yǐ
Pinyin

Definition

蚕蚁
 - 
cán yǐ
  1. newly hatched silkworm

Character Decomposition

Related Words (15)

蚂蚁
mǎ yǐ
  1. 1 ant
春蚕
Chūn cán
  1. 1 Silkworms in Spring (1933), Chinese silent movie in socialist realist style, based on novel by Mao Dun 茅盾[Máo Dùn]
桑蚕
sāng cán
  1. 1 silkworm
白蚁
bái yǐ
  1. 1 termite
  2. 2 white ant
卧蚕
wò cán
  1. 1 plump lower eyelids (considered to be an attractive feature)
蝼蚁
lóu yǐ
  1. 1 lit. mole cricket and ants
  2. 2 fig. tiny individuals with no power
蚁族
yǐ zú
  1. 1 "ant tribe", college graduates who endure cramped living conditions while trying to develop a career
蚕
cán
  1. 1 silkworm
蚕丝
cán sī
  1. 1 natural silk (secreted by silkworm)
蚕茧
cán jiǎn
  1. 1 silkworm cocoon
蚕蛹
cán yǒng
  1. 1 silkworm chrysalis
  2. 2 pupa
蚕豆
cán dòu
  1. 1 broad bean (Vicia faba)
  2. 2 fava bean
蚕食
cán shí
  1. 1 to nibble away at (as silkworm consume leaves)
  2. 2 fig. to embezzle progressively
食蚁兽
shí yǐ shòu
  1. 1 ant-eater (several different species)
养蚕
yǎng cán
  1. 1 to raise silkworms

Idioms (3)

千里之堤，溃于蚁穴
qiān lǐ zhī dī , kuì yú yǐ xué
  1. 1 an ant hole may cause the collapse of a great dike (idiom)
  2. 2 huge damage may result from a moment's negligence
如蚁附膻
rú yǐ fù shān
  1. 1 like ants pursuing a stink (idiom); the mob chases the rich and powerful
  2. 2 the crowd runs after trash
蚁斗蜗争
yǐ dòu wō zhēng
  1. 1 lit. the ant fights, the snail contends (idiom); fig. petty squabbling

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