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披头散发

pī tóu sàn fàdictionary entry
DEFINITION CC-CEDICT
with dishevelled hair (idiom) / with one's hair down
Sources & editorial notes

Reference definitions: CC-CEDICT contributors and MDBG, CC BY-SA 4.0. Source release 2026-10-27T01:55:52Z. Imported 2026-10-27. Definition wording and meaning order are retained. Recognized pronunciation references are displayed with tone marks; the original source record is available below.

Source record: cd-65b62f848b4d4675. Source SHA-256: bbc4b27f26bee1a262f4d7939667a040c7857c7fc0200a2fa7a86d3352a09eae.

Original source entry:

披頭散髮 披头散发 [pi1 tou2 san4 fa4] /with dishevelled hair (idiom)/with one's hair down/

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Other forms in these source records: 披頭散髮

  • 披
    pī

    to drape over one's shoulders / to open / to unroll / to split open / to spread out

  • 头
    tóu

    head / hair style / the top / end / beginning or end / a stub / remnant / chief / boss / side / aspect / first / leading / classifier for pigs or livestock / CL:個|个[gè]

    tou

    suffix for nouns

  • 散
    sàn

    to scatter / to break up (a meeting etc) / to disperse / to disseminate / to dispel / (coll.) to sack

    sǎn

    scattered / loose / to come loose / to fall apart / leisurely / powdered medicine

  • 发
    fā

    to send out / to show (one's feeling) / to issue / to develop / to make a bundle of money / classifier for gunshots (rounds)

    fà

    hair / Taiwan pr. [fǎ]

Reference definitions from CC-CEDICT.