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嫡親

简嫡亲 · 繁嫡親

Mandarin · pinyin dí qīn

closely related by blood

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嫡: dí · legal wife, child of legal wife
親: qīn · relatives, parents; intimate
亲: qīn · relatives, parents; intimate the hazel nut or filbert tree a thorny tree

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2–1 · di2 qin1

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dik1 can1

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noun

(attributive) family member or relative that is most closely related by blood

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