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乾果

简干果 · 繁乾果

Mandarin · pinyin gān guǒ

dried fruit
dry fruits (nuts etc)

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乾: qián · gān · dry; warming principle of the sun, penetrating and fertilizing, heavenly generative principle (male); trigram ☰; hexagram ䷀
果: guǒ · fruit; result
干: gàn · oppose, offend; invade; dried

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1–3 · gan1 guo3

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noun

dried fruit (small fruit that have been preserved by drying)
dry fruit, such as nuts
(Taiwanese Hokkien) dried sweets often eaten during the New Year

noun

(Xiamen Hokkien) dried food (such as shiitake mushrooms, dried shrimp, dried scallops, etc.)

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