tì fà liú biàn

Traditional: 剃髮留辮

剃发留辫 (tì fà liú biàn) is a Chinese word meaning “to shave the head but keep the queue”.

Meanings

  1. 1to shave the head but keep the queue

Characters in 剃发留辫

剃tì · to shave发fā · to send out留liú · to leave (a message etc)辫biàn · a braid or queue

Related words

发生to happen; to occur; to take place; to break out发现to notice; to become aware of留to leave (a message etc)留old variant of 留[liu2]留old variant of 留[liu2]发to send out发hair留下to leave behind头发hair (on the head)发誓to vow出发to set off发展development

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