tì fà lìng

Traditional: 剃髮令

剃发令 (tì fà lìng) is a Chinese word meaning “the Qing order to all men to shave their heads but keep a queue, first ordered in 1646”.

Meanings

  1. 1the Qing order to all men to shave their heads but keep a queue, first ordered in 1646

Characters in 剃发令

剃tì · to shave发fā · to send out令líng · used in 脊令[ji2 ling2]

Related words

发生to happen; to occur; to take place; to break out发现to notice; to become aware of令used in 脊令[ji2 ling2]令classifier for a ream of paper令to order发to send out发hair头发hair (on the head)发誓to vow命令order出发to set off发展development

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