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玉女

Mandarin · pinyin yù nǚ

beautiful woman
fairy maiden attending the Daoist immortals
(polite) sb else's daughter
Chinese dodder (Cuscuta chinensis), plant whose seeds are used for TCM

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玉: yù · jade, precious stone, gem
女: nǚ · woman, girl; feminine; Kangxi radical 38; 10th lunar mansion, determinative star ε Aquarii (Albali)

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4–3 · yu4 nu:3

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juk6 neoi5

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noun

(literary) beautiful girl
(literary) fairy; nymph; sprite
(literary, honorific) your (beautiful) daughter
(alt-of, alternative, name) Alternative name for 菟絲／菟丝 (tùsī).

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Elizabeth Taylor

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