蜷

to curl up (like a scroll) / to huddle / Melania libertina / wriggle (as a worm)

to roll up / roll / classifier for small rolled things (wad of paper money, movie reel etc)

scroll / book / volume / chapter / examination paper / classifier for books, paintings: volume, scroll

to roll (up) / to sweep up / to carry on / roll

variant of 蟲|虫[chong2]

lower form of animal life, including insects, insect larvae, worms and similar creatures / CL:條|条[tiao2],隻|只[zhi1] / (fig.) person with a particular undesirable characteristic

to roll up / to sweep up; to carry along / a roll / classifier for rolls, spools etc

to curl up / to huddle / to cower / cringing

twisted / coiled / curled

to curl up / to lie with knees drawn up / to huddle up

to curl up / to coil

to curl up / to lie curled up

entering the Way, you seem to coil back (Laozi 老子[Lao3 zi3], the Book of Dao 道德經|道德经[Dao4 de2 jing1], Chap. 14) / progress in the Dao can seem illusory