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
trad. 破繭成蝶
Also written 破繭成蝶【pò jiǎn chéng dié】
Characters in this word
4破
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broken, damaged, worn out, lousy, rotten, to break, split or cleave, to get rid of, to destroy, to break with, to defeat, to capture (a city etc), to expose the truth of
- Pinyin
- pò
- Strokes
- 10
- Frequency
- 2217 of 2500
茧
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(bound form) cocoon, (bound form) callus (variant of 趼[jian3])
- Pinyin
- jiǎn
- Traditional
- 繭
- Strokes
- 9
- Frequency
- 26066 of 2500
成
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surname Cheng, short name for Chengdu 成都[Cheng2 du1]
- Pinyin
- Chéng
- Strokes
- 6
- Frequency
- 677 of 2500
蝶
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variant of 蝶[die2]
- Pinyin
- dié
- Traditional
- 蜨
- Strokes
- 15
- Frequency
- 34439 of 2500