蚕 (蠶) cán
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noun
silkworm
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Zoology , Concept: Insect 昆虫
Notes: (CC-CEDICT '蠶'; Guoyu '蠶' n; Unihan '蠶'; Wikipedia '蠶') -
verb
to raise silkworms
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Guoyu '蠶' v) -
noun
silkworm; kośakāra
Domain: Buddhism 佛教
Notes: Sanskrit equivalent: kośakāra, Japanese: san, or: ten, Tibetan: dar gyi srin bu (BCSD '蠶', p. 1039; Mahāvyutpatti 'kośakārakīṭaḥ', p. 480; SH '蠶', p. 489; MW 'kośakāra'; Unihan '蠶')
Contained in
- 蚕茧自缚(蠶繭自縛) silkworm makes a cocoon
- 春蚕至死丝方尽 蜡炬成灰泪始干(春蠶至死絲方盡 蜡炬成灰淚始乾) Silkworms keep spinning till death comes in spring; Candle tears do not dry till every bit is burnt to ash.
Also contained in
蚕蛹 、 蚕农 、 养蚕 、 蚕子 、 蚕食 、 养蚕业 、 卧蚕 、 蚕种 、 蚕豆 、 蚕宝宝 、 蚕菜 、 白僵蚕 、 蚕丛 、 蚕山 、 蚕眠 、 蚕蚁 、 蚕豆症 、 蚕茧 、 沙蚕 、 蚕沙 、 蚕丝 、 蚕蛾 、 蚕蔟 、 桑蚕 、 殭蚕 、 蚕薄 、 家蚕 、 草石蚕 、 蚕纸 、 柘蚕 、 蚕茧纸 、 蚕箔
Word is mentioned most frequently in
Truncated for common words
- Scroll 2 Si Fen Lu Xingshi Chao Zi Chi Ji 四分律行事鈔資持記 — count: 17
- Scroll 1 Shi Men Zhang Fu Yi 釋門章服儀 — count: 12
- Scroll 63 Fa Yuan Zhu Lin 法苑珠林 — count: 12
- Scroll 26 Guang Hong Ming Ji 廣弘明集 — count: 8 , has English translation
- Scroll 2 Si Fen Lu Shan Fan Bu Que Xingshi Chao 四分律刪繁補闕行事鈔 — count: 8
- Scroll 35 Fa Yuan Zhu Lin 法苑珠林 — count: 8
- Scroll 3 Si Fen Lu Xingshi Chao Zi Chi Ji 四分律行事鈔資持記 — count: 7
- Scroll 7 Dharmaguputakavinaya (Si Fen Lu) 四分律 — count: 5 , has English translation
- Scroll 81 The Sounds and Meanings of all the Terms in the Canonical Texts 一切經音義 — count: 5
- Scroll 3 Zi Men Jing Xun 緇門警訓 — count: 5
Collocations
- 蚕作茧 (蠶作繭) 譬如蠶作繭 — Fa Ju JIng (Dharmapada) 法句經, Scroll 2 — count: 36
- 蚕绵 (蠶綿) 或以野蠶綿作於衣 — Fo Ben Xing Ji Jing (Abhiniṣkramaṇasūtra) 佛本行集經, Scroll 20 — count: 33
- 蚕衣 (蠶衣) 常著青色野蠶衣 — Suvarṇaprabhāsauttamarājasūtra (Jin Guang Ming Zui Sheng Wang Jing) 金光明最勝王經, Scroll 7 — count: 24
- 野蚕 (野蠶) 或以野蠶綿作於衣 — Fo Ben Xing Ji Jing (Abhiniṣkramaṇasūtra) 佛本行集經, Scroll 20 — count: 22
- 蚕处 (蠶處) 如蠶處繭 — Dafangbian Fo Bao'en Jing 大方便佛報恩經, Scroll 3 — count: 20
- 蚕家 (蠶家) 蠶家施綿 — Si Fen Lu Shan Fan Bu Que Xingshi Chao 四分律刪繁補闕行事鈔, Scroll 2 — count: 12
- 蚕虫 (蠶蟲) 譬如蠶虫以自身口出於絲縷作繭 — Mahāratnakūṭasūtra (The Great Treasures Collection Sūtra) 大寶積經, Scroll 109 — count: 10
- 譬如蚕 (譬如蠶) 譬如蠶作繭 — Fa Ju JIng (Dharmapada) 法句經, Scroll 2 — count: 7
- 田蚕 (田蠶) 即得田蠶遂意六畜孳榮 — Scripture Expounded by the Buddha on Prolonging Life Through Worship of the Seven Stars of the Northern Dipper (Fo Shuo Bei Dou Qi Xing Yan Ming Jing) 佛說北斗七星延命經, Scroll 1 — count: 6
- 蚕麦 (蠶麥) 願今年蠶麥熟羅睺羅兒與一文 — Quotations from Chan Master Fayan 法演禪師語錄, Scroll 2 — count: 6