描龙画凤描鸾刺凤；描龙绣凤miáo lóng huà fèng

embroider the phoenix patterns; do fine needlework
❍ 这些姑娘们善于～，别小看她们。These girls are good at doing needlework. Don’t look down upon them.
❍ 再无别项可生贪求之心，每日只和姊妹丫鬟们一处，或读书，或写字，或弹琴下棋，作画吟诗，以至描鸾刺凤，斗草簪花，低吟悄唱，拆字猜枚，……(《红楼梦》268) He asked nothing better than to spend every day with his sisters,cousins and maids,reading,writing,strumming the lute,playing chess,painting,chanting poems,watching the girls embroider their phoenix patterns,enjoying the flowers. softly singing,guessing riddles or playing the guess-fingers game.