作茧 (作繭) zuòjiǎn

zuòjiǎn verb to make a cocoon
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Zoology , Concept:
Notes: (CC-CEDICT '作繭')

Contained in

• 飞蛾投火，作茧自缚(飛蛾投火，作繭自縛) like a moth flying into the flame, and a silkworm trapping itself in a cocoon
• 作茧自缚(作繭自縛) to spin a cocoon around oneself; enmeshed in a trap of one's own devising ; to spin a cocoon around oneself

Word is mentioned most frequently in

Truncated for common words

• Self-Entrapment 作繭自縛 Between Ignorance and Enlightenment 12 - The Stages of Life 《迷悟之間(十二)生活的層次》 — count: 2
• Going Upstream 逆流而上 Between Ignorance and Enlightenment 3 - A Moment, A Lifetime 《迷悟之間(三)無常的真理》 — count: 1
• A Buddhist View of Knowing by Seeing 佛教對知見的看法 Humanistic Buddhism Series 7 - Dharma and Doctrine 《人間佛教系列7－佛法與義理》 — count: 1
• When We Seek the Dharma What Should We be Cognizant of? 我們求法應有的認識 Humanistic Buddhism Series 6 - Buddhist Studies and Seeking the Dharma 《人間佛教系列6－學佛與求法》 — count: 1
• Rejecting Temptation 抵制誘惑 Between Ignorance and Enlightenment 6 - Competing Against Yourself 《迷悟之間(六)和自己競賽》 — count: 1
• Scroll 1: Wisdom in Life - Life in the Here and Now 卷一 人生的智慧 人生的當下 Hsing Yun Dharma Words 7 - Life's Brocade Pouch 《星雲法語7－人生的錦囊》 — count: 1

Collocations

• 吐丝作茧 (吐絲作繭) 春蠶必須吐絲作繭 — Between Ignorance and Enlightenment 3 - A Moment, A Lifetime 《迷悟之間(三)無常的真理》, Going Upstream 逆流而上 — count: 4
• 春蚕作茧 (春蠶作繭) 春蠶作繭 — Between Ignorance and Enlightenment 6 - Competing Against Yourself 《迷悟之間(六)和自己競賽》, Rejecting Temptation 抵制誘惑 — count: 2