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foot binding
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Chinese custom of applying tight binding to the feet of young girls to modify the shape and size of their feet as a status symbol and mark of beauty, practised from 10th to early 20th centuries
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- Traditional chinese
- 纏足
- Simplified chinese
- 缠足
- Hanyu pinyin
- chánzú
- Wade giles
- ch'an -tsu
- Ipa
- [ʈʂʰa ̌ n.tsu ̌ ]
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- GebundenerFuss.jpg
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- Foot binding
- start time
- 1000-00-00
- end time
- 1999-00-00
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Alternative Cantonese name Traditional Chinese紮腳 Simplified Chinese扎脚
Alternative Wu name Traditional Chinese繞小腳 Simplified Chinese绕小脚
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