剃发留辫 in English ti4 fa4 liu2 bian4 Meaning

Meanings

  • to shave the head but keep the queue

Simplified Characters

剃 发 留 辫

Traditional Characters

剃 髮 留 辮

Pinyin

ti4 fa4 liu2 bian4

Literal

Literal explanation, with pronunciation and meaning of each character.

剃ti4to shave 发fa1to send out 留liu2old variant of 留[liu2] 辫bian4a braid or queue