scabby-headed

Updated: May 28, 2025

I've indeed said what I shouldn't; but if I had any intention to insult you, I'll throw myself to-morrow into the pond, and let the scabby-headed turtle eat me up, so that I become transformed into a large tortoise.

Xueqin Cao - Hung Lou Meng, or, the Dream of the Red Chamber, a Chinese Novel, Book I