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断袖

duàn xiù

2-character word Traditional 斷袖

What 断袖 means

1. homosexual
2. see {断袖之癖|duàn xiù zhī pǐ}

The characters in 断袖

• 断duànto break; to snap; to cut off
• 袖xiùsleeve; to tuck inside one's sleeve

Words starting with 断袖

• 断袖之癖duàn xiù zhī pǐlit. cut sleeve (idiom); fig. euphemism for homosexuality, originating from History of…

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