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断袖之癖
duàn​xiù​zhī​pǐ

homosexuality

Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents
断袖之癖 (斷袖之癖) duàn​xiù​zhī​pǐ
homosexuality
A euphemism for male homosexuality, originating from a story about Emperor Ai of Han cutting off his sleeve to avoid waking his sleeping lover, Dong Xian.

Frequency

Written text
0.080 per million

Cross-References

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  • 断袖 duàn​xiù

Sources

Definitions
CC-CEDICT
Frequency data
BCC Corpus (BLCU)