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Pinyin	Yale	Jyutping	English Definition for Chinese Text
can2	chaam4, tim5	caam4, tim5	silkworm

Traditional Chinese	Pinyin	Yale	Jyutping	English Definition for Chinese Text
蠶豆 Learn more	can2 dou4	chaam4, tim5 dau2, dau6	caam4, tim5 dau2, dau6	broad bean (Vicia faba) / fava bean
蠶食 Learn more	can2 shi2	chaam4, tim5 yi6, sik6, ji6	caam4, tim5 ji6, sik6, zi6	to nibble away at (as silkworm consume leaves) / fig. to embezzle progressively
春蠶 Learn more	chun1 can2	cheun1 chaam4, tim5	ceon1 caam4, tim5	Silkworms in Spring (1933), Chinese silent movie in socialist realist style, based on novel by Mao Dun 茅盾[Mao2 Dun4]
養蠶 Learn more	yang3 can2	yeung5 chaam4, tim5	joeng5 caam4, tim5	to raise silkworms
蠶繭 Learn more	can2 jian3	chaam4, tim5	caam4, tim5	silkworm cocoon

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The silkworms have gone into the bushes to spin their cocoons.

Silkworm culture is practised in order to get silk.

They increased their income by raising silkworms and so on.

Inflation began to nibble away at their savings.

The Silkworm Goddess had been beneficent to the tiny village this year.

With five sets of grubs to feed , that won't be nearly enough. "

Several manufacturers are also nibbling away at Ford's traditional customer base.

In silk, it would be better to describe the chains as being antiparallel.

" One more day? You're dreaming!'snapped the old man impatiently.

China was the first country in the world to cultivate silkworms and develop silk weaving . More than 3,000 years ago, sericulture and silk weaving

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