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(of a caterpillar etc) to metamorphose / (fig.) to undergo a dramatic positive change (e.g. urban renewal, industrial reform, economic advance etc)
sphenoidal sinus
butterfly / CL: 隻|只
butterfly effect (dynamical systems theory)
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
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *蝶* | 蝶* | *蝶
(bound form) butterfly
Mandarin ducks and butterfly (i.e. love birds) literary school around 1900, criticized as populist and romantic by socialist realists
swallow tail butterfly (family Papilionidae)
lit. (of a flower) to attract bees and butterflies (idiom) / fig. to flirt
same as yangqin 揚琴|扬琴, dulcimer
family Papilionidae (taxonomy)
crispy short-crust pastry / mille-feuilles
Zhuangzi 莊子|庄子 dreams of a butterfly (or is it the butterfly dreaming of Zhuangzi?)
bow tie
butterfly stroke (swimming)
pierid (butterfly of the Pieridae family)
nymphalid / butterfly
swallowtail butterfly
iris / Iris tectorum
(Tw) (loanword) decoupage
bow / bowknot
Mandarin ducks and butterfly (i.e. love birds) / derogatory reference to populist and romantic writing around 1900
plaice
papillon (lapdog with butterfly-like ears)
Phalaenopsis (flower genus)
butterfly (family)
common tiger butterfly (Danaus genutia)
hinge
sphenoid bone (front of the temple)
bow tie
bow tie
variant of 蝴蝶
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *蜨* | 蜨* | *蜨
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