针线活儿

needlework / working for a living as a needleworker

needle / pin / injection / stitch / CL:根[gen1],支[zhi1]

variant of 針|针[zhen1], needle

needle and thread / needlework

variant of 線|线[xian4]

thread / string / wire / line / CL:條|条[tiao2],股[gu3],根[gen1] / (after a number) tier (unofficial ranking of a Chinese city)

needlework / sewing

to live / alive / living / work / workmanship

work / (lots of) things to do

variant of 人[ren2] / "person" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 10), occurring in 兒, 兀, 兄 etc

child / son

non-syllabic diminutive suffix / retroflex final