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Word · NounTraditional纚

silk hair-band

Tone colorsmāmámǎmàma

Meanings

1 sense · 2 examples
1.

noun

silk fabric used to bind up hair (ancient headdress)

archaic

Refers specifically to the silk cloth or ribbon used as a hair tie or headband in ancient Chinese dress, particularly by gentlemen who did not cut their hair.

Jūn君
zǐ子
zhōng终
shēn身
bù不
tì剃
fà发
 ，
yòng用
xǐ纚
shù束
zhī之
 。

A gentleman never cuts his hair, but binds it with a silk band.

Qí其
cháo朝
fú服
 ，
zī缁
bù布
yī衣
 ，
sù素
cháng裳
 ，
xǐ纚
dài带
 。

For his court dress, he wore black cloth upper garments, white lower garments, and a silk hair-band.