carve a printing plate
Tone colorsmāmámǎmàma
Meanings
1 sense · 2 examplesverb
to carve text or illustrations onto a woodblock or metal plate
formalTraditional technique for printing books; often associated with ancient Chinese printing history.
Zhè这
xiē些
gǔ古
jí籍
shì是
yòng用
diāo雕
bǎn版
jì技
shù术
yìn印
shuā刷
de的
。
These ancient books were printed using woodblock carving technology.
Jiàng匠
rén人
zhèng正
zài在
diāo雕
bǎn版
，
zhǔn准
bèi备
yìn印
zhì制
fó佛
jīng经
。
The artisan is carving a printing plate to prepare for printing Buddhist scriptures.