披麻戴孝
Traditional form:
披麻戴孝
Pinyin (reading):
pīmádàixiào
Definitions:
- to wear mourning clothes
- to be in mourning
- also written 披麻帶孝／披麻带孝
Characters:
- 披 - to wear; to split, to crack
- 麻 - hemp, flax, sesame; numb
- 戴 - to support; to respect; to put on, to wear; surname
- 孝 - filial piety, obedience; mourning
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