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Foot binding

Alternative Cantonese nameTraditional Chinese紮腳Simplified Chinese扎脚Alternative Wu nameTraditional Chinese繞小腳Simplified Chinese绕小脚Alternative Southern Min nameTraditional Chinese縛跤Simplified Chinese缚跤Alternative Northern Min nameTraditional Chinese紮跤Simplified Chinese扎跤Foot binding (simplified Chinese: 缠足; traditional Chinese: 纏足; pinyin: chánzú), or footbinding, was the Chinese custom of breaking and tightly binding the feet of young girls to change their shape and size.

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