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六陳

简六陈 · 繁六陳

Mandarin · pinyin liù chén

food grains (rice, wheat, barley, beans, soybeans, sesame)

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六: liù · number six
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陈: chén · exhibit, display; plead; a surname

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4–2 · liu4 chen2

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noun

the six storables (barley, wheat, rice, soy, adzuki bean, sesame)
(traditional Chinese medicine) the six preserved herbs of Chinese medicine (chenpi (Citrus reticulata), crow-dipper (Pinellia ternata), trifoliate orange (Citrus trifoliata), Ephedra, Stellera chamaejasme, Tetradium ruticarpum (euodia))

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