shave one 's head and become a monk
Haircut Pizhi, a Chinese idiom, Pinyin is Ji ǎ NF ā P ī Z ī, which means to be a monk or nun, also known as "haircut Beibu". From biography of Huo Xiaoyu.
Notes on Idioms
Cut your hair and wear monks and nuns' clothes.
The origin of Idioms
In the biography of Huo Xiaoyu written by Jiang Fang of Tang Dynasty, it is said that "my concubine gave up her personal affairs and had her hair cut, which was my long cherished wish."
Analysis of Idioms
Cut one's hair to become a monk
Idiom usage
It points out that the family is a monk or nun.
shave one 's head and become a monk
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