皮匠 (pí jiang) — cobbler (one who repairs shoes); tanner (one who processes leather)
Definition
A traditional crafts term for someone who works with leather. The English "cobbler" and "tanner" are two different jobs in modern English, but 皮匠 can cover both — repairing/making shoes and processing hides.
noun
cobbler (one who repairs shoes)tanner (one who processes leather)
Measure word · 个
Examples
- 皮匠,。Zhè wèi lǎo pí jiang shǒu yì hěn hǎo, bǔ guò de xié gēn xīn de yí yàng.This old cobbler has great skill — the shoes he's repaired look as good as new.
- 皮匠,。Yǐ qián cūn lǐ yǒu gè pí jiang, zhuān mén zuò pí xuē hé pí dài.There used to be a cobbler in the village who specialized in making leather boots and belts.
- 皮匠,鞣。Tā nián qīng shí zài pí gé chǎng dāng guò pí jiang, xué huì le róu zhì pí gé de jì shù.When he was young, he worked as a tanner in a leather factory and learned the technique of tanning hides.
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