皮匠 (pí jiang) — cobbler (one who repairs shoes); tanner (one who processes leather)

Definition

Examples

• 这位老皮匠手艺很好，补过的鞋跟新的一样。
  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.
• 以前村里有个皮匠，专门做皮靴和皮带。
  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.
• 他年轻时在皮革厂当过皮匠，学会了鞣制皮革的技术。
  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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