削发

xuē fà

2-character word Traditional 削髮

What 削发 means

to shave one's head
fig. to become a monk or nun
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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