披麻带孝
Traditional form:
披麻帶孝
Pinyin (reading):
pīmádàixiào
Definitions:
- to wear mourning clothes
- to be in mourning
- also written 披麻戴孝
Characters:
- 披 - to wear; to split, to crack
- 麻 - hemp, flax, sesame; numb
- 带 - belt, strap; band, ribbon; area, zone; to carry, to raise, to wear
- 孝 - filial piety, obedience; mourning
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