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蓬首垢面

Mandarin · pinyin péng shǒu gòu miàn

see 蓬頭垢面 péng tóu gòu miàn

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蓬: péng · type of raspberry; fairyland
首: shǒu · head; first; leader, chief; a poem; Kangxi radical 185
垢: gòu · dirt, filth, stains; dirty
面: miàn · face; surface; plane; side, dimension; Kangxi radical 176

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2–3–4–4 · peng2 shou3 gou4 mian4

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

pung4 sau2 gau3 min6

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(idiomatic) synonym of 蓬頭垢面 /蓬头垢面 (péngtóugòumiàn, “messy hair and dirty face”)

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