Pinyin

Definition

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  1. silk

Character Decomposition

Compounds (8)

jǐn
  1. 1 brocade
  2. 2 embroidered work
  3. 3 bright
mián
  1. 1 generic term for cotton or kapok
  2. 2 cotton
  3. 3 padded or quilted with cotton
mián
  1. 1 silk floss
  2. 2 continuous
  3. 3 soft
  4. 4 weak
  5. 5 mild-mannered (dialect)
mián
  1. 1 old variant of 綿|绵[mián]
  2. 2 cotton
mián
  1. 1 silk floss
  2. 2 continuous
  3. 3 soft
  4. 4 weak
  5. 5 mild-mannered (dialect)

Related Words (3)

  1. 1 silk
Bó liú
  1. 1 Palau
cái bó
  1. 1 wealth
  2. 2 money

Idioms (1)

化干戈为玉帛
huà gān gē wéi yù bó
  1. 1 lit. to exchange weapons of war for gifts of jade and silk (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to turn hostility into friendship