created sense approved 剃度 · tìdù · to tonsure — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"
剃度
tìdù
to tonsure
To shave a person's head for them to enter the Buddhist clergy as a monk or nun
剃 (literal) → 剃 · tì · to shave; to remove 度 (literal) → 度 · dù · to deliver
Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition
created sense approved 剃度 · tìdù · tonsure — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"
剃度
tìdù
tonsure
The religious ceremony of shaving the head to enter the Buddhist monkhood or convent; the shaved head of a monk
剃 (literal) → 剃 · tì · to shave; to remove 度 (literal) → 度 · dù · to deliver
Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition