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蓬頭垢面

简 蓬头垢面 · 繁 蓬頭垢面
Mandarin · pinyin péng tóu gòu miàn

Meanings

  1. messy hair and dirty face
  2. bad appearance
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Characters in this entry

蓬
péng · type of raspberry; fairyland
頭
tóu · head; top; chief, first; boss
垢
gòu · dirt, filth, stains; dirty
面
miàn · face; surface; plane; side, dimension; Kangxi radical 176
头
tóu · head; top; chief, first; boss
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2–2–4–4 · peng2 tou2 gou4 mian4

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

pung4 tau4 gau3 min6

Cantonese word readings for 蓬頭垢面. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

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pung4 tau4 gau3 min6

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phrase

  1. (idiomatic) messy hair and dirty face

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