Definition

Examples

• 蚕吐出的丝可以用来织成丝绸。
  cán tǔ chū de sī kěyǐ yòng lái zhī chéng sīchóu.
  The silk that the silkworm produces can be woven into silk fabric.
• 农民在春天开始养蚕，到夏天就能收茧。
  Nóngmín zài chūntiān kāishǐ yǎng cán, dào xiàtiān jiù néng shōu jiǎn.
  Farmers start raising silkworms in spring and can harvest cocoons by summer.
• 蚕主要以桑叶为食。
  cán zhǔyào yǐ sāngyè wéi shí.
  Silkworms mainly feed on mulberry leaves.