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蓄须明志

xù xū míng zhì

4-character word Traditional 蓄鬚明志

What 蓄须明志 means

1. to grow a beard as a symbol of one's determination (as Mei Lanfang {梅兰芳|Méi Lán fāng} growing a beard and refusing to perform for the Japanese)

The characters in 蓄须明志

• 蓄xùto store up; to grow (e.g. a beard); to entertain (ideas)
• 须xūmust; to have to; to wait
• 明míngbright; opposite: dark 暗; (of meaning) clear
• 志zhìaspiration; ambition; the will