Crescent Lake, Dunhuang, Gansu China

Chinese wedding tiara

Wedding tiara adorned with a multitude of happiness and longevity signs mounted on tremblant. The lower element is of silver, and features two embossed dragons; from the upper part emerge the eight immortals and three phoenixes. A curtain of bead fringe hides the bride face. Long silk tassels on each side.

cyberpunk daomadan刀马旦 of chuanju川剧 (sichuan opera) at World Science Fiction Convention 2023 by 雁鸿Aimee

Nanning, 1996 Nanning, Guangxi, China. 中国 広西 南寧市 Photography by Michitaka Kurata

春逝。仕女图。

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突 = to dash or move forward quickly; abruptly; suddenly; unexpectedly, protrude

It's all about things moving forward and unexpectedly with this one!

Random words that come to mind include unexpectedly or out of the blue 突然 (tūrán), as well as conflict 冲突 (chōngtū) or 突出 (tūchū), something that is prominent or that sticks out.

突发 (tū fā) is interesting as well — it means to break out or appear unexpectedly... like 疾病突发 (jí bìng tū fā), the outbreak of an illness.

It's also a cute onomatopeia for things that have a tapping sound or that chug along, like when your heart goes pit-a-pat (你的心突突地跳, nǐde xīn tūtū de tiào).

cosplay of daji妲己, a famous ancient chinese beauty transformed from the famous chinese yaoguai, jiuweihu九尾狐, i.e. nine tail fox (coser is shiba chongchuan十八重川)

长程 - Great Wall

Jinshanling, Hebei, China 2023

China, 2006 Beijing Zoo, Beijing, China. 中国 北京市 北京動物園 Photography by Michitaka Kurata