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髮綹

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Mandarin · pinyin fà liǔ

tresses
dreadlocks

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髮: fà · fǎ · hair
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发: fā · issue, dispatch, send out; hair
绺: liǔ · skein; tuft, lock; wrinkle

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4–3 · fa4 liu3

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noun

dreadlocks (hair)

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