剃发令剃髮令

tì fà lìng

Meaning

the Qing order to all men to shave their heads but keep a queue, first ordered in 1646

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Characters

剃tìto shave弟刂发fāto issue, to dispatch, to send out; hair又令lìngcommand, decree, order; magistrate; to allow, to cause人