páo

gown (lined)

clothing (衤) + wrap (包) = long enveloping gown

A robe wraps the body from shoulders to feet, making 包 (to wrap, enclose) a fitting semantic partner. Together they evoke clothing that envelops you completely.

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他穿着一件长站在门口。

tā chuān zhe yī jiàn cháng páo zhàn zài mén kǒu。

he is standing at the doorway wearing a long gown.

新郎穿的那件红看起来很华贵。

xīn láng chuān de nà jiàn hóng páo kàn qǐ lái hěn huá guì。

the red gown the groom is wearing looks very magnificent.

Words with 袍

道袍

dào páo

traditional men's gown

重披战袍

chóng pī zhàn páo

(fig.) to re-enter the fray; to return to a field of activity after a period of absence

长袍

cháng páo

chang pao (traditional Chinese men's robe)

黄袍加身

huáng páo jiā shēn

lit. to take the yellow gown (idiom)

龙袍

lóng páo

dragon robe

割袍断义

gē páo duàn yì

to rip one's robe as a sign of repudiating a sworn brotherhood (idiom)

同袍

tóng páo

fellow soldier

大红袍

dà hóng páo

an expensive type of oolong tea

外袍

wài páo

robe

战袍

zhàn páo

(old) combat robe

旗袍

qí páo

cheongsam, a traditional Chinese dress for women, originally a long robe worn by Manchu women, later modernized in 20th-century Shanghai into a close-fitting dress with a high collar and side slits

柘袍

zhè páo

imperial yellow robe

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