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"to do needlework" Chinese-English Dictionary

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Chinese Pinyin Translation
做针线 做針線 zuò zhēn xiàn to do needlework
Chinese Pinyin Translation
活计 活計 huó jì handicraft / needlework / work syn
针线 針線 zhēn xiàn needle and thread / needlework syn
针线活 針線活 zhēn xiàn huó needlework / sewing syn
女红 女紅 nǚ gōng (literary) the feminine arts (e.g. needlework)
三从四德 三從四德 sān cóng sì dé Confucian moral injunctions for women, namely: obey in turn three men father, husband and son, plus the four virtues of morality 德[de2], physical charm 容, propriety in speech 言 and efficiency in needlework 功 syn
缝缝连连 縫縫連連 féng féng lián lián needlework / sewing and mending syn
四德 sì dé four Confucian injunctions 孝悌忠信 (for men), namely: piety 孝 to one's parents, respect 悌 to one's older brother, loyalty 忠 to one's monarch, faith 信 to one's male friends / the four Confucian virtues for women of morality 德[de2], physical charm 容, propriety in speech 言 and efficiency in needlework 功
针线活儿 針線活兒 zhēn xiàn huó r needlework / working for a living as a needleworker
针线活计 針線活計 zhēn xiàn huó jì needlework / sewing
飞针走线 飛針走線 fēi zhēn zǒu xiàn flying needle and running seam (idiom) / skillful needlework syn
针头线脑 針頭線腦 zhēn tóu xiàn nǎo needle and thread / sewing implements / needlework / (fig.) unimportant thing syn
The four tones The four tones of Mandarin Pitch over time: tone 1 high and level (red), tone 2 rising (orange), tone 3 falling then rising (green), tone 4 falling (blue). tone 1 tone 2 tone 3 tone 4 Time Pitch

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