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束发

shù fà

2-character word Traditional 束髮

What 束发 means

1. to tie up one's hair
2. literary(of a boy) to be in one's adolescence (in ancient China, boys tied up their hair)

The characters in 束发

• 束shùto bind; bunch; bundle
• 发fāto send out; to show (one's feeling); to issue

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