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		Trad	Simp	Mandarin	Definition	Days old	Ver
		蠶繭	蚕茧	[can2 jian3]	/silkworm cocoon/	6536	1
		蠶繭紙	蚕茧纸	[can2 jian3 zhi3]	/paper made from silkworm cocoons/	6536	1
		重繭	重茧	[[chong2jian3]]	/thick callus/(literary) thick silkwaste padded clothes/	840	2
		抽絲剝繭	抽丝剥茧	[[chou1si1-bo1jian3]]	/(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/	51	2
		蠒	茧	[jian3]	/variant of 繭\|茧[jian3]/	4902	1
		繭	茧	[jian3]	/(bound form) cocoon/(bound form) callus (variant of 趼[jian3])/	1259	1
		繭子	茧子	[jian3 zi5]	/callus (patch or hardened skin)/corns (on feet)/also 趼子/	6864	1
		老繭	老茧	[lao3 jian3]	/callus (patch or hardened skin)/corns (on feet)/also 老趼/	6864	1
		破繭成蝶	破茧成蝶	[po4 jian3 cheng2 die2]	/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/	2324	1
		信息繭房	信息茧房	[xin4 xi1 jian3 fang2]	/(Internet) echo chamber/filter bubble/	2095	1
		造繭自縛	造茧自缚	[zao4 jian3 zi4 fu4]	/to spin a cocoon around oneself (idiom); enmeshed in a trap of one's own devising/hoist with his own petard/	6067	1
		作繭	作茧	[zuo4 jian3]	/to make a cocoon/	6536	1
		作繭自縛	作茧自缚	[zuo4 jian3 zi4 fu4]	/to spin a cocoon around oneself (idiom); enmeshed in a trap of one's own devising/hoist by his own petard/	6097	1

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