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

Character Breakdown

削
xuē
to pare, to scrape, to trim
HSK 6 9 丶
发
fā
to issue, to dispatch, to send out; hair
HSK 3 5 丶

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