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剃髮令 (tai3 faat3 ling6) — meaning, pronunciation, examples

剃髮令 (tai3 faat3 ling6, tì fà lìng) — the Qing order to all men to shave their heads but keep a queue, first ordered in 1646

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beyond HSK

Related words

• 剃刀門楣 (tai3 dou1 mun4 mei4) — shaving more than one time, to refer too much levy
• 剃眼眉 (tai3 ngaan5 mei4) — (phrasal verb) to insult or to embarrass someone in public.
• 剃面 (tai3 min6) — shaving (spoken)
• 剃鬚 (tai3 sou1) — (verb) to shave (a beard)
• 剃 (tai3) — to shave
• 剃光頭 (tai3 gwong1 tau4) — to shave the whole head clean; crushing defeat

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