被髮文身
pī​fà​wén​shēn

hair disheveled and body tattooed

  • created reference approved 被发文身/被髮文身 → 披发文身/披髮文身 (same_as) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    被发文身 / 被髮文身 pī​fà​wén​shēn

    披发文身 / 披髮文身 pī​fà​wén​shēn

    same_as

    Changed: source (simp), source (trad), source pinyin, target (simp), target (trad), target pinyin, type

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  • created sense approved 被发文身/被髮文身 · pī​fà​wén​shēn · hair disheveled and body tattooed — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    被发文身 / 被髮文身

    pī​fà​wén​shēn

    hair disheveled and body tattooed

    Describes the custom of letting one's hair hang loose and tattooing the body, originally referring to the ancient people of the Wu and Yue regions; also used more broadly to refer to the customs of undeveloped or people from uncivilized areas

    被 (literal) → 被 · pī · disheveled 发 (literal) → 发/髮 · fà · hair 文 (literal) → 文 · wén · to tattoo 身 (literal) → 身 · shēn · body

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

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