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Chinese
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(grass); disheveled
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head; (noun suffix)
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dirt; disgrace
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face; side; surface face; side; surface; aspect; top |
| trad. (蓬頭垢面)
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蓬
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頭
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垢
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面
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| simp. (蓬头垢面)
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蓬
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头
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垢
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面
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Pronunciation
Idiom
蓬頭垢面
- messy hair and dirty face
後數年，恕念其女，以為蓬頭垢面，不可識也，令其男義方訪之。
后数年，恕念其女，以为蓬头垢面，不可识也，令其男义方访之。 - From: Taiping Guangji (Extensive Records of the Taiping Era), 978 CE
- Hòu shù nián, Shù niàn qí nǚ, yǐwéi péngtóugòumiàn, bùkě shí yě, lìng qí nán Yìfāng fǎng zhī.
- Before many years had passed, however, Wei Shu began to miss his daughter, painting in his mind's eye doleful pictures of her haggard and shabby looks. He doubted if he could even recognise her now, so he asked his eldest son Yifang to go and see.