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披頭散髮

简披头散发 · 繁披頭散髮

Mandarin · pinyin pī tóu sàn fà

with dishevelled hair (idiom)
with one's hair down

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披: pī · wear; split; crack
頭: tóu · head; top; chief, first; boss
散: sàn · scatter, disperse, break up
髮: fà · fǎ · hair
头: tóu · head; top; chief, first; boss
发: fā · issue, dispatch, send out; hair

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1–2–4–4 · pi1 tou2 san4 fa4

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

pei1 tau4 saan2 faat3

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(idiomatic) with disheveled hair; with hair in disarray

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