茧 (繭)
jiǎn
Pinyin

Definition

茧 (繭)
 - 
jiǎn
  1. cocoon
  2. callus
茧 (蠒)
 - 
jiǎn
  1. variant of 繭|茧[jiǎn]

Character Decomposition

Related Words (6)

茧
jiǎn
  1. 1 cocoon
  2. 2 callus
作茧自缚
zuò jiǎn zì fù
  1. 1 to spin a cocoon around oneself (idiom); enmeshed in a trap of one's own devising
  2. 2 hoist by his own petard
茧子
jiǎn zi
  1. 1 callus (patch or hardened skin)
  2. 2 corns (on feet)
  3. 3 also 趼子
老茧
lǎo jiǎn
  1. 1 callus (patch or hardened skin)
  2. 2 corns (on feet)
  3. 3 also 老趼
蚕茧
cán jiǎn
  1. 1 silkworm cocoon

Idioms (4)

作茧自缚
zuò jiǎn zì fù
  1. 1 to spin a cocoon around oneself (idiom); enmeshed in a trap of one's own devising
  2. 2 hoist by his own petard
抽丝剥茧
chōu sī bāo jiǎn
  1. 1 lit. to spin silk from cocoons
  2. 2 fig. to make a painstaking investigation (idiom)
破茧成蝶
pò jiǎn chéng dié
  1. 1 lit. to break through a cocoon and turn into a butterfly (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to emerge strong after a period of struggle
  3. 3 to get to a better place after going through difficult period
造茧自缚
zào jiǎn zì fù
  1. 1 to spin a cocoon around oneself (idiom); enmeshed in a trap of one's own devising
  2. 2 hoist with his own petard

Sample Sentences

机会？给过你机会了，这种事能开玩笑吗？我上次已经说过，下不为例！你脑子进水还是耳朵长茧？
jīhuì ？gěi guò nǐ jīhuì le ，zhèzhǒng shì néng kāi wánxiào ma ？wǒ shàngcì yǐjīng shuō guò ，xià bù wéi lì ！nǐ nǎozi jìn shuǐ háishì ěrduo zhǎngjiǎn ？
A chance? I gave you a chance before, you think this is a joke? I told you last time that you couldn't do this again! Is it that your brain is fried or that you're deaf?
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