女事

nǚshì
  1. (archaic) needlework (implied as a traditionally female pursuit)
  2. needlework (implied as a traditionally female pursuit)

Wiktionary

Entry Composition

=1 女 nǚ
  1. female
  2. woman
  3. daughter
=1 女 rǔ old variant of 汝 rǔ
=1 女 nǜ
  1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) to give one's daughter in marriage; to give as wife
  2. to give one's daughter in marriage; to give as wife
=2 事 shì
  1. matter
  2. thing
  3. item
  4. work
  5. affair

classifiers: 件, 樁, 回
=2 事 zì
  1. alternative form of 倳 (zì, “to establish”)
  2. alternative form of 剚 (zì, “to stab”)