绣 (繡)
xiù
Pinyin

Definition

绣 (繡)
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xiù
  1. to embroider
  2. embroidery

Character Decomposition

Related Words (12)

刺绣
cì xiù
  1. 1 to embroider
  2. 2 embroidery
十字绣
shí zì xiù
  1. 1 cross-stitch
绣花
xiù huā
  1. 1 to embroider
  2. 2 to do embroidery
锦绣
jǐn xiù
  1. 1 beautiful
绣
xiù
  1. 1 to embroider
  2. 2 embroidery

Idioms (1)

花拳绣腿
huā quán xiù tuǐ
  1. 1 flowery of fist with fancy footwork (idiom)
  2. 2 highly embellished and ineffectual
  3. 3 fancy but impractical skills
  4. 4 all show and no go
  5. 5 pugilistic wankery

Sample Sentences

我看过一段美国女孩子的。长得金发碧眼，挺漂亮的，但是完全是绣花枕头一包草。她竟然说欧洲是一个国家。
wǒ kàn guo yī duàn Měiguó nǚháizi de 。zhǎng de jīnfàbìyǎn ，tǐng piàoliang de ，dànshì wánquán shì xiùhuā zhěntou yī bāo cǎo 。tā jìngrán shuō Ōuzhōu shì yī ge guójiā 。
I saw one with an American girl. She was really beautiful, with golden blond hair and jade blue eyes. But her head was completely empty. Amazingly, she said that Europe is a country.
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不是李小龙就是李连杰，他们有真功夫。成龙就只有点花拳绣腿，作秀的成分多一点。
bù shì LǐXiǎolóng jiùshì LǐLiánjié ，tā men yǒu zhēn gōngfu 。Chénglóng jiù zhǐ yǒudiǎn huāquánxiùtuǐ ，zuòxiù de chéngfèn duō yīdiǎn 。
If it's not Bruce Li it's Jackie Chan. They really know kung fu. Jackie Chan's style is showy but impractical. It's more of a performance.
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他显然因此种阳刚和阴柔之分而感到自豪。其实东坡之词何尝都是“大江东去”？“笑渐不闻声渐杳，多情却被无情恼”；“绣帘开，一点明月窥人”；这些词句，恐怕也只合十七八女郎曼声低唱吧？
tā xiǎnran yīn cǐzhǒng yánggāng hé yīnróu zhīfēn ér gǎndào zìháo 。qíshí Dōngpō zhī cí hécháng dōu shì “dà jiāng dōng qù ”？“xiào jiàn bù wén shēng jiàn yǎo ，duōqíng què bèi wúqíng nǎo ”；“xiùlián kāi ，yīdiǎn míngyuè kuī rén ”；zhèxiē cí jù ，kǒngpà yě zhǐ hé shíqī bā nǚláng màn shēng dī chàng ba ？
He clearly felt proud of this kind of distinction between masculine and feminine, but actually it's not like Su Dongpo's ci are all like 'The River Surges Eastward'". Wouldn't lines of poetry like, "Gradually, the laughter within the walls faded, and the passersby dispersed. As if one's passion was injured by the ruthlessness of a young girl." and "Through the embroidered curtain, the moon steals a furtive glance at her." also maybe only be appropriate for young girls of 17 or 18 to sing in modest voices?
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行行行，来来，咱们这儿还有特适合您的，您瞧！这款如何？绣满大朵牡丹的斗篷，富贵！大气！！您值得拥有！
OK ，lái lái ，zánmen zhèr háiyǒu tè shìhé nín de ，nín qiáo ！zhè kuǎn rúhé ？xiù mǎn dà duǒ mǔdān de dǒupéng ，fùguì ！dàqì ！！nín zhídé yōngyǒu ！
OK, OK, OK! Come come! We've got some things that will really suit you here, look here! What about this style? A cloak embroidered with large peonies. It looks so expensive! Bold!! You need to have it!
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林老师，师母，你们来了啊，师母您今天真是光彩夺目！这一身宝蓝苏绣旗袍太衬您的气质了，高贵典雅。
Lín lǎoshī ，shīmǔ ，nǐmen lái le ā ，shīmǔ nín jīntiān zhēn shì guāngcǎiduómù ！zhè yī shēn bǎolán sūxiù qípáo tài shèn nín de qìzhì le ，gāoguì diǎnyǎ 。
Professor and Mrs Lin, you both came. Mrs Lin, you look really stunning today! This sapphire-blue Suzhou-style embroidered qipao really works with your style, so grand and elegant.
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彭妈妈喜欢穿中国传统服饰，尤其喜爱上面有传统刺绣的唐装。
Péngmāma xǐhuan chuān Zhōngguó chuántǒng fúshì ，yóuqí xǐài shàngmian yǒu chuántǒng cìxiù de tángzhuāng 。
Mama Peng likes to wear traditional Chinese outfits, especially Tang suits with traditional embroidery on them.
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刺绣，我知道。好像在中国四川地区的刺绣非常有名。
cìxiù ，wǒ zhīdào 。hǎoxiàng zài Zhōngguó Sìchuān dìqū de cìxiù fēicháng yǒumíng 。
Embroidery, I know. The embroidery from the Sichuan area of China seems to be particularly famous.
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没错，那叫“蜀”绣，是中国四大名绣之一。
méicuò ，nà jiào “shǔ ”xiù ，shì Zhōngguó sì dà míngxiù zhīyī 。
Yes, it's called, "Shu embroidery", it's one of the four most famous kinds of Chinese embroidery.
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一种是苏州的“苏绣”；另一种是湖南的“湘绣”；最后一种是广东的“粤绣”。中国的刺绣可以说是全世界最好的！
yīzhǒng shì Sūzhōu de “sū xiù ”；lìng yīzhǒng shì Húnán de “xiāng xiù ”；zuìhòu yīzhǒng shì Guǎngdōng de “yuè xiù ”。Zhōngguó de cìxiù kěyǐ shuō shì quánshìjiè zuì hǎo de ！
One is Suzhou embroidery, called "Su embroidery", another is Hunan embroidery, which is called "Xiang embroidery"; the last kind is Guangdong embroidery, called "Yue embroidery". Chinese embroidery can be said to the best in the world!
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那其余是哪三种刺绣呢？
nà qíyú shì nǎ sān zhǒng cìxiù ne ？
What are the other three kinds of embroidery?
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