步搖

This type of headpiece had dangling gold and pearl pieces which would sway back and forth as one walked.

步搖

1. (archaic) a type of head ornament that was inserted just beneath a hair bun, with gold and pearls dangling from it as one walked

   • 步搖，上有垂珠，步則搖也。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     步摇，上有垂珠，步则摇也。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: Liu Xi, Shiming

     Bùyáo, shàng yǒu chuí zhū, bù zé yáo yě. [Pinyin]

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   • 雲鬢花顏金步搖，芙蓉帳暖度春宵。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     云鬓花颜金步摇，芙蓉帐暖度春宵。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: 806: Bai Juyi, Song of Everlasting Regret

     Yúnbìn huāyán jīn bùyáo, fúróng zhàng nuǎn dù chūnxiāo. [Pinyin]

     She had curly cloudlike sideburns, and the face of a flower, with golden jewelry dangling from her hair. They spent the spring nights in the warmth of a hibiscus tent.

• “步搖”, in 重編國語辭典修訂本 [Revised Mandarin Chinese Dictionary] (in Chinese), National Academy for Educational Research (Taiwan), 2021.