抽絲

抽丝
chōusī
to spin silk

CEDICT

  1. 抽繭取絲。
  2. 比喻緩慢。

重編國語辭典

Entry Composition

1 抽 chōu
  1. to draw out
  2. to pull out from in between
  3. to remove part of the whole
  4. (of certain plants) to sprout or bud
  5. to whip or thrash
2 絲 sī
  1. silk
  2. thread-like thing; (cuisine) shreds or julienne strips
  3. classifier: a trace (of smoke etc), a tiny bit etc

Containing this entry

抽絲剝繭 chōusībōjiǎn
  1. lit. to unwind the silk thread from the cocoon (idiom)
  2. fig. to unravel a mystery; to painstakingly follow the clues to eventually get to the bottom of the matter
病來如山倒，病去如抽絲 bìngláirúshāndǎo,bìngqùrúchōusī sickness comes like a landslide, but goes slowly like spinning silk (idiom); expect to convalesce slowly

Related entries

紡絲 fǎngsī
  1. to spin synthetic fiber
  2. to spin silk
  3. spinning
  4. filature