蚕丝
cán sī
Pinyin

Definition

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

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

粉丝
fěn sī
  1. 1 bean vermicelli
  2. 2 mung bean starch noodles
  3. 3 Chinese vermicelli
  4. 4 cellophane noodles
  5. 5 CL:把[bǎ]
  6. 6 fan (loanword)
  7. 7 enthusiast for sb or sth
丝
sī
  1. 1 silk
  2. 2 thread
  3. 3 trace
  4. 4 (cuisine) shreds or julienne strips
  5. 5 CL:條|条[tiáo]
  6. 6 classifier: a thread (of cloud, smoke etc), a bit, an iota, a hint (of sth) etc
屌丝
diǎo sī
  1. 1 loser (Internet slang)
爱丽丝
Ài lì sī
  1. 1 Alice (name)
抽丝
chōu sī
  1. 1 to spin silk
拔丝
bá sī
  1. 1 wire drawing
  2. 2 candied floss (cooking)
  3. 3 spun sugar or toffee (coating)
真丝
zhēn sī
  1. 1 silk
  2. 2 pure silk
丝巾
sī jīn
  1. 1 headscarf
  2. 2 kerchief
  3. 3 silk neckband
丝带
sī dài
  1. 1 ribbon
丝毫
sī háo
  1. 1 the slightest amount or degree
  2. 2 a bit
丝瓜
sī guā
  1. 1 luffa (loofah)
丝绒
sī róng
  1. 1 velvet
丝绸
sī chóu
  1. 1 silk cloth
  2. 2 silk
丝袜
sī wà
  1. 1 stockings
  2. 2 pantyhose
肉丝
ròu sī
  1. 1 shredded meat
  2. 2 shredded pork
蕾丝
lěi sī
  1. 1 lace (loanword) (textiles)
藕断丝连
ǒu duàn sī lián
  1. 1 lit. lotus roots may break, but the fiber remains joined (idiom); lovers part, but still long for one another
螺丝
luó sī
  1. 1 screw
螺丝刀
luó sī dāo
  1. 1 screwdriver
  2. 2 CL:把[bǎ]
螺丝粉
luó sī fěn
  1. 1 gemelli (corkscrew shaped pasta)

Idioms (11)

一丝一毫
yī sī yī háo
  1. 1 one thread, one hair (idiom); a tiny bit
  2. 2 an iota
一丝不挂
yī sī bù guà
  1. 1 not wearing one thread (idiom); absolutely naked
  2. 2 without a stitch of clothing
  3. 3 in one's birthday suit
一丝不苟
yī sī bù gǒu
  1. 1 not one thread loose (idiom); strictly according to the rules
  2. 2 meticulous
  3. 3 not one hair out of place
吐丝自缚
tǔ sī zì fù
  1. 1 to spin a cocoon around oneself (idiom); enmeshed in a trap of one's own devising
  2. 2 hoist with his own petard
单丝不成线，独木不成林
dān sī bù chéng xiàn , dú mù bù chéng lín
  1. 1 one strand does not make a thread, one tree does not make a forest (idiom)
严丝合缝
yán sī hé fèng
  1. 1 to fit tightly (idiom)
  2. 2 to join seamlessly
  3. 3 to fit snugly
抽丝剥茧
chōu sī bāo jiǎn
  1. 1 lit. to spin silk from cocoons
  2. 2 fig. to make a painstaking investigation (idiom)
病来如山倒，病去如抽丝
bìng lái rú shān dǎo , bìng qù rú chōu sī
  1. 1 sickness comes like a landslide, but goes slowly like spinning silk (idiom); expect to convalesce slowly
纹丝不动
wén sī bù dòng
  1. 1 to not move a single jot (idiom)
丝毫不差
sī háo bù chā
  1. 1 accurate to perfection (idiom)
  2. 2 precise to the finest detail
藕断丝连
ǒu duàn sī lián
  1. 1 lit. lotus roots may break, but the fiber remains joined (idiom); lovers part, but still long for one another

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