Shēnchuān zuǒ rèn shì gǔshí yìxiē shǎoshù mínzú de fúshì.
Wearing the robe left-lapelled marked the dress of some non-Han peoples.
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history
衽 is not used alone in modern Chinese. It named the overlapping front panel of a robe; the contrast of 左衽 (left lapel) versus 右衽 was a classical marker of cultural identity.
register
Literary and historical; appears in classical texts on dress and ritual, not in speech.
