破茧成蝶

破
破
茧
繭
成
成
蝶
蝶
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

Characters and words in 破茧成蝶

破
pò = p + o4
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
破 = 皮 + 石 : Pinocchio is playing with his cow hide in the observatory's bathroom. Unfortunately he accidentally destroys the toilet by hurling a huge rock at the toilet, using the cow hide as sling.
茧
繭
jiǎn = ji + an3
cocoon / callus
茧
蠒
jiǎn = ji + an3
variant of 繭|茧[jian3]
茧
繭
jiǎn = ji + an3
(bound form) cocoon / (bound form) callus (variant of 趼[jian3])
成
chéng = ch + (e)ng2
surname Cheng
成 = 万 + 戈 : Mnemonic symbol: a progress bar stuck at 99%.
成 = 万 + 戈 : Charlie Chaplin is queuing at the engine's kitchen, which is blocked by a neuron until the progress bar above shows 100%. Unfortunately it has been stuck at 99% for two hours now. If it doesn't finish soon, Charlie will get completely mad and destroy the neuron himself with his spear.
成
chéng = ch + (e)ng2
to succeed / to finish / to complete / to accomplish / to become / to turn into / to be all right / OK! / one tenth
成 = 万 + 戈 : Mnemonic symbol: a progress bar stuck at 99%.
成 = 万 + 戈 : Charlie Chaplin is queuing at the engine's kitchen, which is blocked by a neuron until the progress bar above shows 100%. Unfortunately it has been stuck at 99% for two hours now. If it doesn't finish soon, Charlie will get completely mad and destroy the neuron himself with his spear.
蝶
蜨
dié = di + e2
variant of 蝶[die2]
蝶 = 枼 + 虫 : Dorothy Gale (di) pursues a very special hobby in the elevator's kitchen (e2). She has a large wooden desk (枼) with lots of watercolors. Whenever a mosquito (虫) lands on her desk, she colors it with her watercolors very carefully and thus changes it into a butterfly (蝶). Dorothy is very popular with the mosquitoes.
蝶
dié = di + e2
(bound form) butterfly
蝶 = 枼 + 虫 : Dorothy Gale (di) pursues a very special hobby in the elevator's kitchen (e2). She has a large wooden desk (枼) with lots of watercolors. Whenever a mosquito (虫) lands on her desk, she colors it with her watercolors very carefully and thus changes it into a butterfly (蝶). Dorothy is very popular with the mosquitoes.

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