蚕 (蠶)
cán
Pinyin

Definition

蚕 (蠶)
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cán
  1. silkworm

Character Decomposition

Related Words (10)

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

Sample Sentences

沿着古丝绸之路，佛教、伊斯兰教及阿拉伯的天文、历法、医药传入中国，中国的四大发明、养蚕技术也由此传向世界。更为重要的是，商品和知识交流带来了观念创新。
yánzhe gǔ SīchóuzhīLù ，Fójiào 、Yīsīlánjiào jí Ālābó de tiānwén 、lìfǎ 、yīyào chuánrù Zhōngguó ，Zhōngguó de sìdàfāmíng 、yǎngcán jìshù yě yóucǐ chuán Xiàng shìjiè 。gèngwéi zhòngyào de shì ，shāngpǐn hé zhīshi jiāoliú dàilái le guānniàn chuàngxīn 。
Buddhism and Islam came to China along the old Silk Road, along with Arabian astronomy, calendars and medicine, and China’s four great inventions (the compass, gunpowder, paper and printing) and silk farming technology also passed to the world along it. More importantly, the exchange of goods and ideas brought with it conceptual innovation.
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那天晚上，她为了到学校见我，从医院偷偷跑出来。在湖边，她哭个不停，我渐渐地受不了她了。我脑中一片混乱，感觉每一个细胞都在被蚕食，越来越无法控制自己。我把她推进了湖里......
nà tiān wǎnshang ，tā wèile dào xuéxiào jiàn wǒ ，cóng yīyuàn tōutōu pǎo chūlai 。zài hú biān ，tā kū ge bùtíng ，wǒ jiānjiān de shòubuliǎo tā le 。wǒ nǎo zhōng yī piàn hùnluàn ，gǎnjué měi yī ge xìbāo dōu zài bèi cánshí ，yuèláiyuè wúfǎ kòngzhì zìjǐ 。wǒ bǎ tā tuījìn le hú lǐ ......
That night, in order to come to the school and see me, she sneaked her way out of the hospital. At the lakeside, she wouldn't stop crying. Little by little, I couldn't take it anymore. My head was filled with chaos and it felt like my cells were slowly eating away at my brain. More and more, I was losing control of myself. I grabbed her and pushed her into the lake.
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