染业 meaning in Chinese

dyeing

At ten years old i was taken to help my father in his business , which was that of a tallow - chandler and soap - boiler ; a business to which he was not bred , but had assumed on his arrival in new england , because he found that his dyeing trade , being in little request , would not maintain his family
十岁时，父亲叫我回来帮忙他的事业- -牛油烛和肥皂业，这个事业他也没有学习过，但是在他刚到新英格兰时，觉得他的刷染业需求不多，不能够维持他的家庭，于是就改行了。