







break out of the cocoon
emerge
transform
achieve a breakthrough
come into one's own
Beneath the sentimental psychobabble, there's a likable movie trying to get out.
If the butterfly doesn't struggle to get out of the chrysalis, it can't fly!

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Open the tool →破茧而出 (pò jiǎn ér chū) means “break out of the cocoon, emerge, transform, achieve a breakthrough”.
破茧而出 is pronounced pò jiǎn ér chū in Mandarin Chinese.
“break out of the cocoon” is 破茧而出 (pò jiǎn ér chū) in Chinese.
This page has 2 example sentences using 破茧而出, each with pinyin and an English translation.