春蚕
Silkworms in Spring (1933), Chinese silent movie in socialist realist style, based on novel by Mao Dun 茅盾[Mao2 Dun4]
Traditional: 春蠶
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English Phonetic:
ˈsɪlkˌwɜ:mz
Detailed Definition:
n. the commercially bred hairless white caterpillar of the domestic silkworm moth which spins a cocoon that can be processed to yield silk fiber; the principal source of commercial silk\nn. larva of a saturniid moth; spins a large amount of strong silk in constructing its cocoon