秋院捣衣 qiūyuàndǎoyī pounding clothes in the autumn courtyard Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 秋 qiū noun autumn autumn; fall院 yuàn noun courtyard (bound form) courtyard; an open space or area surrounded by walls or buildings捣衣 搗衣 dǎoyī to pound clothes to wash clothes by beating them with a wooden mallet on a stone, typically at a riverbank