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- cheongsam, a traditional Chinese dress for women, originally a long robe worn by Manchu women, later modernized in 20th-century Shanghai into a close-fitting dress with a high collar and side slits
Trad. 戰袍
- (old) combat robe
- soldier's uniform
- (sports) team jersey
- team shirt
- official robe worn by ministers during the Ming 明 (1368-1644) and Qing 清 (1644-1911) dynasties
Trad. 割袍斷義
- to rip one's robe as a sign of repudiating a sworn brotherhood (idiom)
- to break all friendly ties
Trad. 重披戰袍
- (fig.) to re-enter the fray; to return to a field of activity after a period of absence
Trad. 黃袍加身
- lit. to take the yellow gown (idiom)
- fig. to be made emperor
- to take the crown