裁缝 cáifeng tailor
tailor; dressmaker
How to remember 裁缝: 裁 to trim + 缝 to sew = tailor.
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How it is used
- A tailor / dressmaker - 找裁缝做衣服 (zhǎo cáifeng zuò yīfu) have clothes made by a tailor.
- 缝 is toneless feng here (as the profession), not the fèng 'to sew/seam' of 裂缝.
- Everyday occupational word.