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八綱

简八纲 · 繁八綱

Mandarin · pinyin bā gāng

(TCM) the eight principal syndromes (used to differentiate pathological conditions): yin and yang, exterior and interior, cold and heat, hypofunction and hyperfunction

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八: bā · eight; all around, all sides
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纲: gāng · heavy rope, hawser; main points

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1–1 · ba1 gang1

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baat3 gong1

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