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Let’s learn about the idiom 「斷發紋身」! Its detailed explanation and usage are presented below.
Her hair was cut short and her body was covered with tattoos. It was a custom of some ancient ethnic groups. Same as “cutting hair and getting a tattoo”.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
duàn fā wén shēn
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
tyun5 faat3 man4 san1
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