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剃度

Mandarin · pinyin tì dù

to take the tonsure
to shave the head
tonsure (shaved head of Buddhist monk)

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剃: tì · shave
度: dù · degree, system; manner; to consider

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4–4 · ti4 du4

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tai3 dou6

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verb

(Buddhism) to tonsure

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