lit. to lose one's black hat; to be sacked from an official post
trad. 丟烏紗帽
Also written 丟烏紗帽【diū wū shā mào】
Characters in this word
4丢
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to lose, to put aside, to throw
- Pinyin
- diū
- Traditional
- 丟
- Strokes
- 6
- Frequency
- 1039 of 2500
乌
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abbr. for country names that begin with 烏|乌[wu1]: Ukraine 烏克蘭|乌克兰[Wu1 ke4 lan2], Uzbekistan 烏茲別克斯坦|乌兹别克斯坦[Wu1 zi1 bie2 ke4 si1 tan3] etc, surname Wu
- Pinyin
- Wū
- Traditional
- 烏
- Strokes
- 4
- Frequency
- 12741 of 2500
纱
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cotton yarn, muslin
- Pinyin
- shā
- Traditional
- 紗
- Strokes
- 7
- Frequency
- 23066 of 2500
帽
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old variant of 帽[mao4]
- Pinyin
- mào
- Traditional
- 㡌
- Strokes
- 12
- Frequency
- 11696 of 2500