tì​fà​lìng

Haircutting Order

  • created sense approved 剃发令/剃髮令 · tì​fà​lìng · Haircutting Order — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    剃发令 / 剃髮令

    tì​fà​lìng

    Haircutting Order

    The Qing dynasty edict issued in 1645 requiring all Han men to shave the front of their heads and wear a queue in the Manchu style, often summarized by the slogan 'Keep your hair and lose your head, or keep your head and lose your hair.'

    tì​fǎ​lìng

    薙髮令

    剃 (literal) → 剃 · tì · to shave; to remove 发 (literal) → 发/髮 · fà · hair 令 (literal) → 令 · lìng · to order

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense