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剃髮令

简剃发令 · 繁剃髮令

Mandarin · pinyin tì fà lìng

the Qing order to all men to shave their heads but keep a queue, first ordered in 1646

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剃: tì · shave
髮: fà · fǎ · hair
令: lìng · command, order; 'commandant', magistrate; allow, cause
发: fā · issue, dispatch, send out; hair

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4–4–4 · ti4 fa4 ling4

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tai3 faat3 ling6

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