rag; patching cloth
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rag; piece of scrap cloth or old fabric used for patching clothes or making shoe soles
Specifically refers to leftover fabric pieces or worn-out cloth saved for mending garments or pasting into stiff layers (袼褙 gē bei) used in traditional shoemaking. The term is more common in rural or traditional contexts.
Nǎi奶
nai奶
bǎ把
jiù旧
yī衣
fu服
jiǎn剪
chéng成
pū铺
chen衬
，
liú留
zhe着
bǔ补
wà袜
zi子
yòng用
。
Grandma cut the old clothes into rags to save for mending socks.
Yǐ以
qián前
qióng穷
rén人
jiā家
mǎi买
bù不
qǐ起
xīn新
bù布
，
yī衣
fu服
pò破
le了
jiù就
yòng用
pū铺
chen衬
dǎ打
bǔ补
ding丁
。
In the past, poor families couldn't afford new fabric, so they used scraps to patch clothes when they tore.
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Zhè这
xiē些
pū铺
chen衬
kě可
yǐ以
yòng用
lái来
dǎ打
gē袼
bei褙
zuò做
bù布
xié鞋
。
These rags can be used to paste shoe soles for making cloth shoes.