dǎo​yī

to pound clothes

捣衣 搗衣 dǎo//yī
to pound clothes
to wash clothes by beating them with a wooden mallet on a stone, typically at a riverbank
Pounding Clothes
A traditional musical composition for the 古琴 gǔ​qín, typically expressing the longing of a woman for her husband as she prepares his winter clothing
to process raw silk
to pound raw silk with a pestle to remove wax and make it soft, white, and elastic for tailoring

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