苏绣 sū xiù

DEFINITIONS

  1. Suzhou embroidery, one of the four major traditional styles of Chinese embroidery (the other three being 湘繡|湘绣[Xiang1 xiu4], 粵繡|粤绣[Yue4 xiu4] and 蜀繡|蜀绣[Shu3 xiu4])

CHARACTERS

苏 sū
HSK 6
revive, resurrect; a species of thyme; transliteration of 'Soviet'
绣 xiù
HSK 6
embroider; embroidery; ornament