cán​shì

silkworm nursery

  • created reference approved 蚕室/蠶室 → 蚕房/蠶房 (same_as) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    蚕室 / 蠶室 cán​shì

    蚕房 / 蠶房 cán​fáng

    same_as

    Changed: source (simp), source (trad), source pinyin, target (simp), target (trad), target pinyin, type

    created reference

  • created sense approved 蚕室/蠶室 · cán​shì · silkworm nursery — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    蚕室 / 蠶室

    cán​shì

    silkworm nursery

    A room or greenhouse used for raising silkworms, designed to be warm and well-ventilated; also called [[蚕房|蠶房|can2 fang2]]

    蚕 (literal) → 蚕/蠶 · cán · to raise silkworms 室 (literal) → 室 · shì · room

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense

  • created sense approved 蚕室/蠶室 · cán​shì · castration prison — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    蚕室 / 蠶室

    cán​shì

    castration prison

    In ancient China, a prison where the punishment of castration was carried out or where those who had undergone it were kept; it was kept warm like a silkworm nursery to protect the injured from the cold

    蚕 (literal) → 蚕/蠶 · cán · to raise silkworms 室 (literal) → 室 · shì · room

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense