剃髮留辮 tì fà liú biàn

to shave the head but keep the queue

Word data

HSK Not in HSK
Frequency Unknown

Definitions

  1. 1. to shave the head but keep the queue

Characters

Character Meaning
剃 tì
to shave; shave; to weed
髮 fà
hair; Taiwan pr. fǎ
留 liú HSK 3
to stay; to remain; to keep
辮 biàn
a braid or queue; to plait