zhù​zhóu

loom

杼轴 杼軸 zhù​zhóu
loom
(literary) loom; textile machinery; shuttle and roller; by extension refers to the act of weaving
plot
the structure or organization of a literary work; creative thought; plot
wife
(archaic) a way to refer to a wife or women in general, coming from the traditional association of women with weaving
poverty
(literary) empty looms; a metaphor for economic distress or a state of poverty where production has ceased