tì guāng tóu

Traditional: 剃光頭

剃光头 (tì guāng tóu) is a Chinese word meaning “to shave the whole head clean; crushing defeat”.

Meanings

  1. 1to shave the whole head clean
  2. 2crushing defeat

Characters in 剃光头

剃tì · to shave光guāng · light; ray (CL:道[dao4])头tóu · head

Related words

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