蚕丝 (蠶絲)
cán sī
Pinyin

Definition

蚕丝 (蠶絲)
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cán sī
  1. natural silk (secreted by silkworm)

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

fěn sī
  1. 1 bean vermicelli
  2. 2 mung bean starch noodles
  3. 3 Chinese vermicelli
  4. 4 cellophane noodles
  5. 5 classifier: 把 bǎ
  6. 6 fan (loanword)
  7. 7 enthusiast for sb or sth
  1. 1 silk
  2. 2 thread
  3. 3 trace
  4. 4 (cuisine) shreds or julienne strips
  5. 5 classifier: 条 tiáo
  6. 6 classifier: a thread (of cloud, smoke etc), a bit, an iota, a hint (of sth) etc
diǎo sī
  1. 1 loser (Internet slang)
Ài lì sī
  1. 1 Alice (name)
chōu sī
  1. 1 to spin silk

Idioms (11)

一丝一毫
yī sī yī háo
  1. 1 one thread, one hair (idiom); a tiny bit
  2. 2 an iota
一丝不挂
yī sī bù guà
  1. 1 not wearing one thread (idiom); absolutely naked
  2. 2 without a stitch of clothing
  3. 3 in one's birthday suit
一丝不苟
yī sī bù gǒu
  1. 1 not one thread loose (idiom); strictly according to the rules
  2. 2 meticulous
  3. 3 not one hair out of place
吐丝自缚
tǔ sī 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
单丝不成线,独木不成林
dān sī bù chéng xiàn , dú mù bù chéng lín
  1. 1 one strand does not make a thread, one tree does not make a forest (idiom)