抽丝剥茧 Chinese English dictionary 抽丝剥茧 translate 抽丝剥茧 pinyin

抽丝剥茧

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Simplified Pīnyīn		English Definition	Traditional HSK
抽丝剥茧 chōusībōjiǎn	抽丝剥茧 \| 抽丝剥茧* \| *抽丝剥茧	(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	抽絲剝繭

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Character		Tot Str Rad / Str	Mandarin Pīnyīn	Unihan Definition standalone and in compounds	Jyutping Cantonese	Variant Four corner Cangjie
抽	抽 \| 抽* \| *抽	8画手扌 + 5	chōu	draw out, pull out; sprout	cau1	5506.0 QLW


丝	丝 \| 丝* \| *丝	5画一 + 4	sī	silk; fine thread; wire; strings	si1	絲 2210 VVM


剥	剥 \| 剥* \| *剥	10画刀刂 + 8	bō, bāo, pū	peel	mok1	剝 2210.0 NELN


茧	茧 \| 茧* \| *茧	9画艸艹 + 6	chóng, jiǎn	cocoon; callus, blister	gaan2	繭 4413.6 TLMI

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Simplified		English Definition
抽丝剥茧 chōusībōjiǎn	抽丝剥茧 \| 抽丝剥茧* \| *抽丝剥茧	(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


抽 chōu	抽 \| 抽* \| *抽	to draw out; to pull out from in between / to remove part of the whole / to inhale (esp. smoke) / (of fabric etc) to shrink / (of certain plants) to sprout; to bud / to whip; to thrash / classifier for sheets (of tissues, wet wipes etc)


抽丝 chōusī	抽丝 \| 抽丝* \| *抽丝	to spin silk


丝　sī	丝 \| 丝* \| *丝	silk / thread-like thing; (cuisine) shreds or julienne strips / classifier: a trace (of smoke etc), a tiny bit etc


剥　　bāo	剥 \| 剥* \| *剥	to peel / to skin / to shell / to shuck


剥　　bō	剥 \| 剥* \| *剥	to peel / to skin / to flay / to shuck


茧　　　jiǎn	茧 \| 茧* \| *茧	(bound form) cocoon / (bound form) callus (variant of 趼)


茧　　　jiǎn	茧 \| 茧* \| *茧	variant of 繭｜茧