







井臼亲操 is a Chinese idiom (chengyu) meaning “to personally manage all household chores”. To handle one's own domestic affairs, especially manual ones. Literally, “Personally draw water and pound rice”.

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Open the tool →井臼亲操 (jǐng jiù qīn cāo) is a Chinese idiom (chengyu) meaning “to personally manage all household chores”.
井臼亲操 is pronounced jǐng jiù qīn cāo in Mandarin Chinese.
Literally, 井臼亲操 means “Personally draw water and pound rice”. It is used to mean “to personally manage all household chores”.
井:汲水;臼:舂米。指亲自操作家务。