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琵琶襟

pei4 paa4 kam1

a woman's costume, where the front bottoms come down not from armpit, but near the right chest

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This term is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese. 粵

琵琶襟

This word was added by bybell on 11th Nov 2005 and last edited on 29th Dec 2008

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琵 pei4 pi2 - a four-stringed guitar-like instrument; balloo
琶 paa4 pa5 ba5 pa2 - a four-stringed guitar-like instrument; balloo
襟 kam1 gam1 jin1 - [1] [n] lapel; collar of a garment or robe

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