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百葉

简百叶 · 繁百葉

Mandarin · pinyin bǎi yè

tripe (stomach lining of cattle etc used as food)

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百: bǎi · one hundred; numerous, many
葉: yè · leaf, petal; page of book; period
叶: yè · to harmonize, to rhyme; to unite; (borrowed for) leaf

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3–4 · bai3 ye4

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adj

multilayered
(literary, of plants) lush
(literary) of ages; of many generations

noun

(anatomy, food) tripe; (especially) omasum, psalterium (the third chamber in a ruminant stomach)
(alt. form 百頁／百页) thin pieces of tofu dehydrated and steamed until firm
(literary) almanac
slits on Venetian blinds

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