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两撇胡须

English translation: parted mustache

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Chinese term or phrase:	两撇胡须
English translation:	parted mustache
Entered by:	albertdeng

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10:11 Sep 7, 2005

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Chinese term or phrase: 两撇胡须

What is the equivalent English word for the measurement word "撇＂？

albertdeng KudoZ activity Questions: 2113 (3 open) (8 without valid answers) (18 closed without grading) Answers: 164
Local time: 00:06

parted mustache

Explanation:
some other options:

http://www.metrotimes.com/editorial/review.asp?id=98919

Fu Manchu and handlebars

http://www.freebornhall.com/Health/Tips/facialhair.htm

Selected response from:

wherestip
Local time: 05:06

Grading comment

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4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer

Summary of answers provided

4 +1

two tufts of a moustache

Ralph Dunsdon

3 +2

parted mustache

wherestip

beard

Shang

two arrays of whiskers

Edward LIU

Answers

2 hrs confidence:

两撇胡须 beard

Explanation:
山羊胡

Shang
China
Local time: 19:06
Native speaker of:

Chinese
PRO pts in category: 12

2 hrs confidence:

peer agreement (net): +2

两撇胡须

parted mustache

Explanation:
some other options:

http://www.metrotimes.com/editorial/review.asp?id=98919

Fu Manchu and handlebars

http://www.freebornhall.com/Health/Tips/facialhair.htm

wherestip
Local time: 05:06
Native speaker of:

English,

Chinese
PRO pts in category: 56

Grading comment

Thank you.

2 hrs confidence:

两撇胡须 two arrays of whiskers

Explanation:
two arrays of whiskers

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Note added at 2 hrs 53 mins (2005-09-07 13:04:11 GMT)
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两撇胡须指八字须(moustache)

"In the eighty years since Marcel Duchamp drew a moustache on a copy of the Mona Lisa, the dissolving of cultural forms has intensified to the point that there is no longer an absolute, a “proper” form, anywhere. ...
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Edward LIU
Local time: 06:06
Native speaker of:

Chinese
PRO pts in category: 22

5 hrs confidence:

peer agreement (net): +1

~{A=F2:zPk~} two tufts of a moustache

Explanation:
kind of like bunches

Ralph Dunsdon
Local time: 03:06
Works in field
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 8

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