纱帽 shāmào gauze hat Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 乌纱帽 wūshāmào black gauze hat a black gauze hat traditionally worn by imperial officials in ancient China as a symbol of their rank丢乌纱帽 diūwūshāmào be sacked to be dismissed from an official post or lose one's job in the bureaucracy (literally to lose one's black hat)