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茧丝
jiǎn​sī

silk

Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents

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茧丝/ 繭絲 jiǎn​sī silk

the silk strands that make up a silkworm cocoon

茧丝/ 繭絲 jiǎn​sī to exploit

(literary) to squeeze money out of the people like drawing silk from a cocoon; to exploit or levy heavy taxes

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