idiom > to do domestic chores personally (said of housewives)
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井臼 pro-operation
  Explanation: Well: Kap Shui; acetabulum: Tsuishine. Refers to the hands-on housework.
  Source: "Under the Later Han Feng Yan Chuan," often from the operation Jingjiu children. "" Later Han Liang Chuan Dian "(Fu Yu) Paul food for decades, do age support to the Friends of Scouting rank Bong, the wife can not help but speak Jingjiu."
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  词目 井臼亲操
  发音 jǐng jiù qīn cāo
  释义 井:汲水;臼:舂米。指亲自操作家务。
  出处 南朝·宋·范晔《后汉书·冯衍传下》:“儿女常自操井臼。”《后汉书·滇良传》:“(傅育)食禄数十年,秩奉尽赡给知友,妻子不免操井臼。”
  用法 作谓语、宾语;指亲自操持家务。
  近义词 井臼躬操
English Expression
  1. v.:   do domestic chores personally (said of housewives)