Definition
皮匠 is an old-fashioned term for a craftsman who works with leather — either a cobbler who repairs shoes or a tanner who processes animal hides into leather. The word is less common in modern Chinese than the more generic 鞋匠 ('shoemaker') or 皮革工人 ('leather worker'), and carries a slightly rustic or historical flavor. You might encounter it in historical novels or dialectal speech.
n.
cobbler (one who repairs shoes)tanner (one who processes leather)
Examples
- 皮匠，。Zhè wèi lǎo pí jiang shǒuyì hěn hǎo, bǔ guò de xié gēn xīn de yíyàng.This old cobbler has great skill — the shoes he's repaired look as good as new.
- 皮匠，。Yǐqián cūn lǐ yǒu ge pí jiang, zhuānmén zuò pí xuē hé pídài.There used to be a cobbler in the village who specialized in making leather boots and belts.
- 皮匠，鞣。Tā niánqīng shí zài pígé chǎng dāng guo pí jiang, xuéhuì le róuzhì pígé de jìshù.When he was young, he worked as a tanner in a leather factory and learned the technique of tanning hides.
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