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山	shān	mountain; hill (CL:座) / (coll.) small bundle of straw for silkworms to spin cocoons on
上山	shàng shān	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
羽化	yǔ huà	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
缫	sāo	to reel silk from cocoons
蚕茧	cán jiǎn	silkworm cocoon
作茧自缚	zuò jiǎn zì fù	to spin a cocoon around oneself (idiom); enmeshed in a trap of one's own devising / hoist by his own petard
茧	jiǎn	(bound form) cocoon / (bound form) callus (variant of 趼)
缲	sāo	to reel silk from cocoons
破茧成蝶	pò jiǎn chéng dié	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
作茧	zuò jiǎn	to make a cocoon
吐丝自缚	tǔ sī zì fù	to spin a cocoon around oneself (idiom); enmeshed in a trap of one's own devising / hoist with his own petard
抽丝剥茧	chōu sī bō jiǎn	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
蚕茧纸	cán jiǎn zhǐ	paper made from silkworm cocoons
蚕蔟	cán cù	small bundle of straw etc provided for silkworms to spin cocoons on
造茧自缚	zào jiǎn zì fù	to spin a cocoon around oneself (idiom); enmeshed in a trap of one's own devising / hoist with his own petard