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削发为僧
xuē​fà​wéi​sēng

to become a monk

Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents
  1. 削发 削髮 xuē​fà
    to become a monk or nun
    To shave one's head as a ritual of entering a monastic order; to take the tonsure.
  2. 为 為 wéi verbpreposition
    to be
    to be; to become; to act as; to serve as; to take as
  3. 僧 sēng noun
    monk
    Buddhist monk; an ordained male monastic; a bonze