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戴高帽子

Mandarin · pinyin dài gāo mào zi

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4–1–4–5 · dai4 gao1 mao4 zi5

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daai3 gou1 mou2 zi2

Pleco · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Word reading; meanings not aligned.

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(literally) to wear a tall hat
(literally) to wear a tall hat — to wear a tall paper hat; to crown somebody with a tall paper hat (as a public humiliation)
(figuratively) to flatter