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断袖
duàn​xiù

male homosexuality

Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents

Senses

断袖/ 斷袖 duàn​xiù male homosexuality

(literary) alluding to male homosexuality; a reference to Emperor Ai of Han who cut off his sleeve to avoid waking his sleeping lover Dong Xian

References

synonym 断袖/斷袖 → 断袖之癖/斷袖之癖
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