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丹田

Mandarin · pinyin dān tián

pubic region
point two inches below the navel where one's qi resides

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丹: dān · cinnabar (native HgS); vermilion (artificial HgS used as pigment)
田: tián · field, arable land, cultivated

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1–2 · dan1 tian2

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

daan1 tin4

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noun

(traditional Chinese medicine, martial arts) dantian
Any one of the 3 dantian: — the upper dantian (上丹田), between the eyebrows
Any one of the 3 dantian: — the center dantian (中丹田), at the solar plexus
Any one of the 3 dantian: — the lower dantian (下丹田), below the navel

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