描红 meaning in English

trace in black ink over characters printed in red (in learning to write with a brush)

She tied a pencil to his hand and forced it to trace the alphabet until he could do it alone
她把铅笔绑在第托手上，强迫第托照字母描红，直到第托能自己来。
And as his surname was kong , he was given the nickname kong yiji from kong yi ji , the first three characters in the old - fashioned children ' s copy - book
因为他姓孔,别人便从描红纸上的"上大人孔乙己"这半懂不懂的话里,替他取下一个绰号,叫作孔乙己