削髮披緇
xuē​fà​pī​zī

to become a monk or nun

  • created sense approved 削发披缁/削髮披緇 · xuē​fà​pī​zī · to become a monk or nun — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    削发披缁 / 削髮披緇

    xuē​fà​pī​zī

    to become a monk or nun

    To shave one's head and put on the black robes of a monk or nun; to leave home and take religious vows.

    xuè​fǎ​pī​zī

    削发 (literal) → 削发/削髮 · xuē​fà · to become a monk or nun 披 (literal) → 披 · pī · to drape 缁 (literal) → 缁/緇 · zī · Buddhist monk

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

    created sense