裋褐

shùhè

noun

Meanings

HSK 7-9

古时贫民只能穿裋褐。

Gǔshí pínmín zhǐnéng chuān shùhè.

In ancient times, the poor could only wear coarse cloth.

HSK 7-9

他身着裋褐，混在百姓中间。

Tā shēnzhuó shùhè, hùn zài bǎixìng zhōngjiān.

Dressed in rough clothes, he blended in among the common folk.

Strictly literary/historical. You'll see 裋褐 in classical texts about peasants and hermits, never in modern conversation.

history

Records like 《史记》 contrast 裋褐 (peasant garb) with the silk robes of nobility, making it shorthand for poverty and rustic simplicity.

裋 shù

褐 hè