"Gown" • Chinese-English Dictionary

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 cháng páo chang pao (traditional Chinese men's robe) / gown / robe / CL:件[jian4]
 lián yī qún woman's dress / frock / gown
 páo gown (lined)
 guà Chinese-style unlined garment / gown
 bù lā jí woman's dress (loanword from Russian) / gown
 lǐ fú ceremonial robe / formal attire (dinner suit, evening gown etc)
 cháng shān long gown / cheongsam / traditional Asian dress for men or (in Hong Kong) women's qipao
 páo zi Chinese-style gown
 dào páo Taoist robe / traditional men's gown
 zǐ páo purple qipao gown, the sign of an official position
 huáng páo jiā shēn lit. to take the yellow gown (idiom) / fig. to be made emperor / to take the crown
 lōu to draw towards oneself / to gather / to gather up (one's gown, sleeves etc) / to grab (money) / to extort
 jīn lapel / overlap of Chinese gown / fig. bosom (the seat of emotions) / to cherish (ambition, desires, honorable intentions etc) in one's bosom
 lán full length gown (old)
 yāo jīn yī zǐ golden seal at the waist, purple gown (idiom) / in official position
 lán gown or robe
 tuō dì to mop the floor / (of a gown etc) to trail on the ground / full-length
 gōng zuò páo work gown
  surgical gown
 bìng yuán fù patient gown
 yī wù fù staff gown
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