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charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *山* | 山* | *山
mountain; hill (CL:) / (coll.) small bundle of straw for silkworms to spin cocoons on
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levitation (of Daoist immortal) / to become as light as a feather and ascend to heaven / (in Daoism) to become immortal / to die / of winged insects, to emerge from the cocoon in adult form / eclosion
silkworm cocoon
to spin a cocoon around oneself (idiom); enmeshed in a trap of one's own devising / hoist by his own petard
to climb a hill / to go to the mountains / (of silkworms) to go up bundles of straw (to spin cocoons) / to pass away / (of the sun or moon) to rise
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *缲* | 缲* | *缲
to reel silk from cocoons
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *缫* | 缫* | *缫
to reel silk from cocoons
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  *茧* | 茧* | *茧
(bound form) cocoon / (bound form) callus (variant of )
lit. to unwind the silk thread from the cocoon (idiom) / fig. to unravel a mystery; to painstakingly follow the clues to eventually get to the bottom of the matter
lit. to break through a cocoon and turn into a butterfly (idiom) / fig. to emerge strong after a period of struggle / to get to a better place after going through difficult period
to make a cocoon
to spin a cocoon around oneself (idiom); enmeshed in a trap of one's own devising / hoist with his own petard
paper made from silkworm cocoons
small bundle of straw etc provided for silkworms to spin cocoons on
to spin a cocoon around oneself (idiom); enmeshed in a trap of one's own devising / hoist with his own petard


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