typesetter; compositor
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Meanings
2 senses · 3 examplesnoun
typesetter; compositor; printing worker
archaicLiterary/archaic term used in traditional printing contexts to refer to workers who carved characters or set type. Now mostly historical.
Shǒu手
mín民
zhī之
wù误
，
zài在
suǒ所
nán难
miǎn免
。
Printer's errors are hard to avoid.
Gǔ古
dài代
kè刻
shū书
quán全
píng凭
shǒu手
mín民
yī一
dāo刀
yī一
huà划
diāo雕
chéng成
。
In ancient times, book carving relied entirely on the stroke-by-stroke chiseling of typesetters.
noun
printer's error; typographical error
archaicUsed in the set phrase 手民之误 to refer specifically to errors introduced during the typesetting or carving process.
Cǐ此
bǎn版
shǒu手
mín民
zhī之
wù误
jiào较
duō多
，
wàng望
dú读
zhě者
zhǐ指
zhèng正
。
This edition contains quite a few printer's errors; corrections from readers are welcome.