苏绣
Sū xiù
Pinyin

Definition

苏绣
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Sū xiù
  1. Suzhou embroidery, one of the four major traditional styles of Chinese embroidery (the other three being 湘繡|湘绣[Xiāng xiù], 粵繡|粤绣[Yuè xiù] and 蜀繡|蜀绣[Shǔ xiù])

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

shí zì xiù
  1. 1 cross-stitch
Jiāng sū
  1. 1 Jiangsu province (Kiangsu) in southeast China, abbr. 蘇|苏, capital Nanjing 南京
liú sū
  1. 1 tassels
  1. 1 surname Su
  2. 2 abbr. for Soviet Union 蘇維埃|苏维埃 or 蘇聯|苏联
  3. 3 abbr. for Jiangsu province 江蘇|江苏
  4. 4 abbr. for Suzhou city 蘇州|苏州
Sū zhōu
  1. 1 Suzhou prefecture level city in Jiangsu
Sū gé lán
  1. 1 Scotland
cì xiù
  1. 1 to embroider
  2. 2 embroidery
fù sū
  1. 1 variant of 復甦|复苏[fù sū]
  2. 2 to recover (health, economic)
  3. 3 to resuscitate
  4. 4 anabiosis
tí lā mǐ sū
  1. 1 tiramisu (loanword)
Jiāng sū Shěng
  1. 1 Jiangsu Province (Kiangsu) in southeast China, abbr. 蘇|苏[Sū], capital Nanjing 南京[Nán jīng]
Wū sū
  1. 1 Wusu city in Tacheng prefecture 塔城地區|塔城地区[Tǎ chéng dì qū], Xinjiang
zǐ sū
  1. 1 beefsteak plant
  2. 2 shiso
  3. 3 Perilla frutescens
xiù
  1. 1 to embroider
  2. 2 embroidery
xiù huā
  1. 1 to embroider
  2. 2 to do embroidery
Sū dān
  1. 1 Sudan
  2. 2 sultan (ruler of some Muslim states, esp. Ottoman Emperor)
Sū zhōu shì
  1. 1 Suzhou prefecture level city in Jiangsu
Sū zhōu Hé
  1. 1 Suzhou Creek (river in Shanghai)
Sū zhōu huà
  1. 1 Suzhou dialect, one of the main Wu dialects 吳語|吴语[Wú yǔ]
sū dá
  1. 1 soda (loanword)
sū dá shuǐ
  1. 1 soda drink (loanword)

Idioms (2)

上有天堂,下有苏杭
shàng yǒu tiān táng , xià yǒu Sū Háng
  1. 1 lit. there is heaven above, and there is 蘇杭|苏杭[Sū Háng] below (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. the beauty and affluence of Suzhou and Hangzhou is comparable with heaven
花拳绣腿
huā quán xiù tuǐ
  1. 1 flowery of fist with fancy footwork (idiom)
  2. 2 highly embellished and ineffectual
  3. 3 fancy but impractical skills
  4. 4 all show and no go
  5. 5 pugilistic wankery

Sample Sentences

林老师,师母,你们来了啊,师母您今天真是光彩夺目!这一身宝蓝苏绣旗袍太衬您的气质了,高贵典雅。
Lín lǎoshī ,shīmǔ ,nǐmen lái le ā ,shīmǔ nín jīntiān zhēn shì guāngcǎiduómù !zhè yī shēn bǎolán sūxiù qípáo tài shèn nín de qìzhì le ,gāoguì diǎnyǎ 。
Professor and Mrs Lin, you both came. Mrs Lin, you look really stunning today! This sapphire-blue Suzhou-style embroidered qipao really works with your style, so grand and elegant.