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生丝
shēng​sī

raw silk

Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents
生丝 生絲 shēng​sī
raw silk
Silk thread obtained directly from boiling cocoons before it has been processed to remove its natural gum; used as a primary material in the textile industry.

Frequency

Written text
0.377 per million

Cross-References

Antonym

  • 熟丝 shú​sī

Sources

Frequency data
BCC Corpus (BLCU)
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