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亲操井臼
qīn​cāo​jǐng​jiù

to do all housework personally

Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents
  1. 亲 親 qīn adverb
    in person
    personally; with one's own hands, eyes, etc.
  2. 操 cāo verbnoun
    to operate
    to manage; to control; to steer; to do; to engage in a profession
  3. 井臼 jǐng​jiù
    housework
    (literary) household chores, such as fetching water and hulling rice; domestic work