re-upholstered

chóng - xīn . zhuāng - shì

chóngxīn zhuāngshì

We need these chairs re-upholstered.

Wǒmen xūyào bǎ zhèxiē yǐzi
chóngxīn zhuāngshì.

... Usage Lesson:

... Probably because of the English influence on Chinese (as English has
... influenced most languages in the world), Chinese does allow for some
... hyphenated words. "chóngxīn" can stand for the prefix "re- " as in
... "re-upholstered".

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