mò​dié

black mourning clothes

  • created sense approved 墨绖/墨絰 · mò​dié · black mourning clothes — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    墨绖 / 墨絰

    mò​dié

    black mourning clothes

    (literary) black mourning garments made of hemp or linen; used in ancient times when a person in mourning had to attend to military or state duties and replaced the standard white mourning clothes with black ones

    墨 (literal) → 墨 · mò · black 绖 (literal) → 绖/絰 · dié · mourning sash

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