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祝髮

简祝发 · 繁祝髮

Mandarin · pinyin zhù fà

to cut one's hair (as part of a minority ritual or in order to become a monk)

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祝: zhù · pray for happiness or blessings
髮: fà · fǎ · hair
发: fā · issue, dispatch, send out; hair

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4–4 · zhu4 fa4

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