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削发

xuē fà

2-character word Traditional 削髮

What 削发 means

1. to shave one's head
2. fig. to become a monk or nun
3. to take the tonsure

The characters in 削发

• 削xuēto pare; to reduce; to remove
• 发fāto send out; to show (one's feeling); to issue

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