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披肩

Mandarin · pinyin pī jiān

cape
shawl
(of long hair) to trail over one's shoulders

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披: pī · wear; split; crack
肩: jiān · shoulders; to shoulder; bear

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1–1 · pi1 jian1

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noun

shawl
cape
synonym of 雲肩 /云肩 (yúnjiān), cloud collar, yunjian

verb

(of hair) to be shoulder-length; to trail over one's shoulders

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