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Chinese dictionary
n.silkworm
蚕蛹
silkworm chrysalis
Words and phrases with 蚕
- 蚕师[word]sericulturist
- 蚕食[word]nibble
- 蚕簇[word]a small bundle of straw, etc., for silkworms to spin cocoons on
- 蚕农[word]sericulturist
- 蚕蛆[word]an insect which destroys mulberry leaves
- 蚕蚁[word]newly-hatched silkworm
- 蚕忌[word]sericultural taboo
- 蚕衣[word]silkworm cocoon; woman who raise silkworms
- 蚕眠[word]the inactive state of the silkworm before it sheds its skin
- 蚕食鲸吞[idiom]bite off little by little as a silkworm
Word usage
- common measure word"蚕" is often matched with measure word "只"or"条"or"种".
一只蚕
one silkworm
一条蚕
one silkworm
一种蚕
one kind of silkworm